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The Los Angeles Dodgers have been favorites to land Roki Sasaki since the beginning of this unprecedented offseason.<\/span>\"Ezoic\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The defending World Series champions are almost always favorites when it comes to signing major free agents. This could be becuase of their\u00a0\u2018elite\u2019<\/a>\u00a0front office, winning traditions, the L.A. weather, and, of course, their willingness to open up the checkbook for big-name talent.<\/p>\n

Last offseason, the Dodgers spent over $1 billion to add talent, and it paid off in the ultimate way: Their eighth World Series ring.<\/p>\n

This offseason, the Dodgers landed two-time Cy Young award winning pitcher\u00a0Blake Snell\u00a0<\/a>for $182 million, and three-time Gold Glove award winner in the Korean Baseball Organization,\u00a0Hyeseong Kim<\/a>, for up to $22 million.<\/span>\"Ezoic\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That is what makes the Roki Sasaki situation even more interesting.<\/p>\n

Since Sasaki is under the age of 25 and doesn\u2019t have six years of service time, he is restricted to the international bonus pool of each MLB team which ranges from $5.1 million to right around $7.5 million.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>\"Ezoic\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are limited to just over $5.1 million to spend \u2014 the two lowest in MLB \u2014 as another team seen as a favorite to land the phenom in the San Diego Padres have $6.2 million in their bonus pool.<\/p>\n

The Giants were\u00a0recently told<\/a>\u00a0that they are no longer in the running for Sasaki, and the Dodgers have the same amount in the bonus pool as them, yet Los Angeles is \u201coptimistic about their chances,\u201d per Jack Harris of the\u00a0LA Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harris also cited the pursuit of Shohei Ohtani last offseason when he left the Los Angeles Angels, which then led Yoshinobu Yamamoto to sign weeks later.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now, it\u2019s looking increasingly likely that Sasaki could follow in their footsteps this week,\u201d Harris wrote.<\/p>\n

Sasaki is already affecting the future of other international prospects who verbally agreed to sign with the Padres and Dodgers, as Los Angeles has now\u00a0lost three prospects<\/a>\u00a0in their efforts to offer the most money possible to the right-hander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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