All year long, we’ve been hearing that Japanese superstar is going to come stateside for the 2018 season. This, somewhat surprisingly, did not change when the new CBA destroyed the earning power for players like Otani when he introduced a hard cap in the international market. When this rule was implemented, it seemed to make sense that Otani would wait a couple years when he could actually be paid what he was worth. Instead, it seemed that this didn’t matter to him and he was ready to come over as soon as possible. This has been the working theory until Thursday, when Jon Heyman reported that there was a snag in the posting system between Japan and the U.
MLB Roundup 11/3: Shohei Otani may wait and Justin Upton stays put
