The Dodgers offseason wouldn’t have necessarily been a failure if they missed on star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki.
But by agreeing to sign the 23-year-old star right-hander Friday, the club ensured that they were the envy of the sport for a second straight winter.
Sasaki’s decision to play for the Dodgers, on what will start as a standard minor-league contract with a modest $6.5 million signing bonus, instantly transforms the club’s short- and long-term future.
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He will become another cog in their plans to repeat as World Series champions next season.