"I heard the contract with the Dodgers is already over." I'm going to testify as a Cy Young pitcher. Should Sasaki really go to LA
"I heard the contract with the Dodgers is already over." I'm going to testify as a Cy Young pitcher. Should Sasaki really go to LA
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"I've already heard rumors that my contract with the LA Dodgers is over."
Will Sasaki (aged 23, Chiba Lotte Marines), who has emerged as the biggest fish in the Major League (MLB) stove league, go to the Dodgers as expected? Former Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel, who played as a teammate in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), also expected that he would go to the Dodgers.
The New York Post estimated Sasaki's destination on Wednesday and published an interview with Keuchel. Keuchel, who has played for 13 seasons since his debut in the big league in 2012, is a left-handed skilled pitcher who had 103 wins, 92 losses and an ERA of 4.04. In 2015, he recorded 20 wins, 8 losses and an ERA of 2.48 and was also promoted to the American League Cy Young Award.
Keuchel is also related to Sasaki. He signed a contract with Chiba Lotte, Sasaki's team, and pitched in eight games with two wins, four losses and an ERA of 3.60.
Keuchel thought that Sasaki would eventually head to the Dodgers, which became Japan's "people's team." Keuchel recalled, "I saw a few New York Yankees caps (in Japan), but everywhere (other than that), the Dodgers' D was written on their shirts and hats."
Keuchel said, "I heard rumors that the contract between Sasaki and the Dodgers has already been finalized, and that the club has a plan for him," adding, "I think the Dodgers, which were thrown by Shohei Otani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Yu Darvish in the 2017 postseason, are gaining the upper hand in recruiting Sasaki." "The Dodgers were on the morning broadcast thanks to those players wherever they went (in Japan)," he said.
Even if it is not Keuchel, the U.S. predicts that Sasaki will be the No. 1 destination for the Dodgers for the same reason. It is best to play with Ohtani, the Japanese baseball star and former captain of the Japanese national team in the 안전놀이터 World Baseball Classic. Also, Dodgers President Andrew Friedman is paying keen attention to Sasaki right before the postseason.
Ken Rosenthal, a renowned local journalist, said that if Sasaki is posted, the Dodgers would be the most likely destination in the baseball community, while Bob Nightingale also said, "All 30 teams want to sign with Sasaki. All 30 teams believe that Sasaki will sign with the Dodgers."
Some argue that Sasaki is not bound for the Dodgers anyway. ESPN's Jeff Bankruptcy said, "Los Angeles and Sasaki are strongly connected, but it's too early to think that they will go to the Dodgers. The Dodgers with Ohtani and Yamamoto have advantages, but Sasaki may not like getting too much attention."