Shohei Otani is pleased. An agreement has been reached that will extend the pre-existing posting rules of International players an extra year, pushing the new rules back to the 2018-19 offseason.
This is unlikely to dramatically affect the Indians, who were far from the favorites to sign Otani (the Yankees and Rangers seem to be) and have not signed a posted player in a very long time.
The Tribe’s priority should be on keeping their first baseman, buuuuut...
• Unfortunately, Carlos Santana is #1 on Fangraphs’ list of 2018 FA bargains. COMPLETELY INCORRECT, FANGRAPHS.