Roki Sasaki has started meeting with teams even though he won’t be signing with a Major League Baseball club until at least Jan. 15, according to multiple reports.
Just a few days before the Christmas holiday, Sasaki reportedly met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, and Chicago Cubs.
Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young has confirmed that team representatives met with Sasaki last week, according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Similarly, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Giants are also “believed to have met” with Sasaki and his representatives.