In a fairly shocking turn of event, the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) announced late on Friday night that they would post star pitcher Roki Sasaki to MLB teams this offseason. The recently turned 23-year-old right-hander immediately becomes one of the top prizes of the offseason and the game’s top prospect.
Not only is he arguably as talented on the pitching side as top free agent Juan Soto is as a hitter, but Sasaki won’t cost $600M to acquire. In fact, he’ll likely cost little no more than $7,555,500, which is easily affordable for the Detroit Tigers.