Hello, friends.
This early November weekend has not crept by without some big-time MLB free agent news, with the Japanese team of pitcher Roki Sasaki announcing that it would allow the young star to be posted to MLB over the course of this offseason. The move was not a given, because the financial incentives for both Chiba Lotte and Sasaki aligned to wait longer to post him, but in the end it seems that Sasaki’s wish to get across to MLB sooner has won out.
What’s interesting about Sasaki’s arrival this offseason is that he is young enough that his free agency will fall under the same signing bonus pool as international amateurs do.