The likes of Yu Darvish, Masahiro Tanaka, Kenta Maeda, among other Asian baseball stars have put a larger focus outside the Latin market. Shohei Ohtani is just the most recent potential superstar to come across the ocean.
Alex Anthopoulos and the Braves have freed up a lot of money in 2019, but let’s be real, they aren’t likely to sign Manny Machado or Bryce Harper. What if the Braves look to the Asian market to spend some of that free agency money. One thing is for sure, they’ll want someone who is MLB ready.