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The Cubs have gone through the first couple steps of pursuing 23-year-old free agent flame-thrower Roki Sasaki. But the Japanese phenom has yet to whittle down the playing field from an initial round of in-person interviews, Sasaki’s agent Joel Wolfe said in a Zoom news conference call Monday.
“He is definitely driving the ship and calling the shots,” Wolfe said. “Roki is a very driven and intelligent and particular person.”
Sasaki must make his decision in the next 3½ weeks, bound by the rules of the posting system as he moves from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB.