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Ru014dki Sasaki may have taken a pay cut in order to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The San Diego Padres were willing to offer Sasaki more than $10 million before he signed with the Dodgers for a reported signing bonus of $6.5 million, according to The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya, Dennis Lin, Patrick Mooney, Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon.
"The Padres told Sasaki's group that they were prepared to trade to max out their bonus pool, according to a league source, and offer the Japanese pitcher the entire sum, a little more than $10 million," The Athletic reporters wrote.