This is what I respect about Japanese teams and general managers. It isn't always about money or business, or perhaps it still is and we just don't know what goes behind the scene, but the fact that they allow him to be posted when they have all the leverage in the world is admirable. We, the fans, are the biggest beneficiary as we get to see him develop and grow as a MLB player.
@@willstw They've been calling the men's association football (AKA soccer) team "Samurai Japan" for years now. It hasn't helped them win. "Nadeshiko Japan", or the women's team, on the other hand, has won championships.
@@aninjaguardian Also another side benefit of the Ohtani contract that no one is considering. He's giving LA an advantage to sign other Japanese talent.
"Teams"? As in plural? I'm sorry but there's only 1 team that will be getting him when he gets posted. Did you think it was a coincidence he wanted to come last year right when Yamamoto decided to also come and sign that massive contract? Chiba Lotte declined and Sasaki stayed and pitched for another season in Japan.
If there was any mystery as to why Shohei deferred a king’s ransom in salary to a decade down the road, it should now be obvious. He wanted to make sure the Doyers had the dough for his buddies…Asians are stoic, not stupid…
@@Johnfisher12345youre so wrong in your perspective. Unlike Americans, these japanese players are actually playing baseball because theyre passionate about it, money comes second. They are competitive, wanna play on the highest level. And WIN. Money isnt really the issue to them. Plus, the conversion rate to them, theyre already making more than enough. Theyre not as lavish as their western counterparts. Getting more money later is just an additional perk to them
Dodgers have the largest International pool $$$$ with the Padres a close second... no one else has a chance at him, unless "money really isn't an issue"!😏🤔
Many baseball fans in Japan think he is not ready to go to MLB. On the other hand, most Japanese fans were fully confident that Yamamoto would be successful in MLB ...so we'll see how it will turn out.
I’m a Giants fan, and I know we have a microscopic chance to sign him, but I kinda want him to go to the Padres. Just imagine, they almost beat the Dodgers this NLDS. Roki might just be what they need to get over that hump.
hard to believe Sasaki would want to put himself in a position to compete against both Ohtani and Yamamoto in the same divison for at least the next 6 years of their prime.
Sasaki had to have something in his contract that lets him get posted early, right? I highly doubt the team is letting him go out of the goodness of their heart.
@@SuperCatacata The team statement would like you to believe that they actually did let him go out of goodness of their heart. But yeah, if they really did, that's a major bag fumble.
Shohei Ohtani, a buy-first, pay-later deal, with $100 million + generated revenue in his first year, now come with Roki Sasaki for basically free! You can't imagine that a year earlier it was called the most bloated deal in history.
lets just get this straight, Dodgers would never have offered a deal like that to Ohtani unless they knew he was the best player on the planet, the Japanese market would be theres, and they would make the money back in some years to come with financial planning. In no world would they have made a move without looking at the analytics of it. Great deal, we love Ohtani and now the Dodgers are a huge powerhouse. Goodluck rest of MLB
Winning championship team. Check. ✔ Winning championship team with a deep pocket. Check. ✔ Play with Shohei and Yamamoto. Check. ✔ Great weather. Check. ✔ Beautiful girls. Check. ✔ It's a foregone conclusion. Check. ✔
Unless its tampering and they are doing it all behind the scenes....it certainly feels sus....we all know he ends up with the dodgers and this is terrible for baseball.
Yeah, getting Shohei literally means you are the first choice team to pick. They actually won a lottery with Shohei. Now that think about it, he is underpaid lol
If your dream is to face the best competition and you sign with the Dodgers then you're a liar. That's like saying I joined the Harlem Globetrotters because I want to PLAY AGAINST the best while joining the only team who goes undefeated every season. You're not facing your own team and the Dodgers are clearly the best team so if he signs with the Dodgers baseball isn't gonna be fun to watch anymore.
The Dodgers have two Japanese pitchers. Are they going with a seven man rotation if they sign him? Japanese pitchers don't pitch every 5th day. Time for other teams to start stepping up and knock the Dodgers out of everything. Major League Baseball can't afford to let one team dominate everything.
Hopefully, he signs with the Dodgers, and not do what Ohtani did, maybe the Dodgers could've have three rings now, if Ohtani joined the Dodgers from the start.
He might not join Dodgers, because Dodgers have to huge contracts to pay in near future. There will not be room for him when he actually qualified for bigger contract. That point would be something his agent will have to bring up at some point.
Just because he’ll be on the dodgers doesn’t mean he can’t get a huge contract in a couple of years, other teams can sign him when he becomes a free agent
Using those couple years to prove himself on the biggest stage for a major contract? All while hanging out with Ohtani? No other teams can guarantee that.
LA is the perfect location for Japanese players in my opinion it’s warm has beaches idk if they all did but before he signed Yamamoto would train at UCLA in the off season, it’s closest to Japan geographically so fans could come see them play easier than other teams and there’s already a well established Asian community in California so idk if they’ll get all the guys posted like for example yoshida ended up with Boston though that was before Ohtani went to the dodgers but I feel like the dodgers is just a team who could accommodate them well. The Yankees owners will either go all out on soto which limits what they can do for Murakami or just flat out not go over their current payroll and the mets as much as I feel Cohen could potentially offer more than the dodgers for sasaki or Murakami I don’t see the pull other than the money there’s no historic aura as a casual fan whereas growing up everyone knew about the dodgers whether it was the Brooklyn or LA
I hope he goes to the Padres. Darvish is currently the most experienced and longest serving Japanese pitcher in the MLB, he could take Sasaki under his wing. A veteran presence can really help him settle in.
Yu in terms of stats and longevity is the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers, yes he can help more than Ohtani. And if he goes to the Padres it’ll keep them competitive against the Dodgers.
@@lukekellerman3830 i really hope he goes to the padres, but him throwing all the money he would be getting had he waited till 25 is showing me he doesn’t care and just wants to play with 2 of his WBC teammates but hopefully i’m wrong
no it wont. endorsements 2024 Top 5 Ohtani65Mil Harper7 Judge6 Yamamoto5 Scherzer2 Plus Sasaki is sort of a villain in Japan now, hard sell for JP companies than even Yamamoto.
Teams usually don’t post early, but Sasaki has been trying to go to the MLB every offseason and the Lotte Marines are fed up his lack of commitment and contribution to the team over the past few years.
@ktosdad lol that's an original take. Or the real reason is he has a handshake deal that they agreed to when they signed him that if he asks to be posted early they would honor it. He asked. They did.
Because a team can't just hold players back from their dreams against their wishes. They will get a bad reputation amongst players and nobody will sign with them in the future. Why would I go to a team that won't let me go to the MLB when other teams will?
hard to believe Sasaki would want to put himself in a position to compete against both Ohtani and Yamamoto in the same divison for at least the next 6 years of their prime.
Hopefully Roki Sasaki signs with the Dodgers to join Shohei and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Imanaga got what from the Mets @1:40 thank you Matsumoto Chiba Lotte Marine baseball fans 🙏🏼
I mean, exciting for who? If you live in California and Japan sure, but MLB is NOT a sport where you want the best team possibly in history getting even stronger. This World Series was already a joke, imagine if they played the Royals or the Indians? or the Tigers? MLB will love this, because they want the TV revenue and the Asian market, just like the NBA. But the last thing the sport needs to grow is like 5 out of 30 teams being competitive. Regular season is already 162 who wants to see a season where every team is competing for a wild card?
Maybe MLB should just relocate the smaller market teams to Tokyo Seoul Osaka Taipei Santo Domingo Panama City ect. Then the World Series can actually be a World Series. Those cities would gladly welcome an MLB team. Baseball is thriving globally while it's joked that the Americans don't have the attention span or patience for Baseball anymore. Americans are more into a lamer version of Rugby with pads and helmets, 2 hours worth of commercial breaks, and inconsistent rules and arbitrary referring.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa And how exactly are home and road games supposed to work for those teams? Seattle is already considered to be in remote territory. Nobody'd want to play for a team where they gotta fly for like 16 hours whenever they go from playing at home to the road and vice versa, and other teams wouldn't want to travel all the way out to play against them either.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa Americans don't have the attention span? And your idea of moving major league teams over the pacific, in my opinion wouldn't work. Having to fly teams from the east coast to Asia would be financially a bust. But again, that's just my opinion.
this dude has been known to have been coming since last offseason. its not that crazy. every single piece of information about the league doesnt need to have a video made
@@wilburwood8261 it was known he was posting last offseason for this season. thats the facts. i didnt imagine that shit. youtube journalists arent actually professional journalists
It's was a wish... but most pundits said the Marines would never let him go for nothing when they can cash in by keeping him. No one knew they were honoring a handshake agreement they made years ago.
Because Chiba Lotte would be foregoing tens of millions instead of the pittance they'll be getting for posting him now instead of waiting until he turns 25.
@@robobbyfraireI have the same opinion as his. If other teams get him it’ll keep the league competitive. Plus I would love to see Japanese players face each other offs rather than having them all on one team
@@patron40silver I am a Dodger fan, but I'm a baseball fan primarily. Roki going to a rival team is good for ratings and baseball. The Dodgers are stacked already and we are going to be the dynasty of this decade. But we can't keep signing these superstars giving us an unfair advantage.
There's a rumor he might go to the Padres... and I'm a Dodgers fan. This rumor comes straight from a Japanese site. You can easily goggle-fu this and find the results. I hope he doesn't
There’s a rumor in the internet that Roki will quit baseball and try to become a pro pickleball player. His dinks are already good so this rumor is probably true…
I'm Japanese. Even in the Japanese media, there is a lot of criticism regarding Sasaki's major challenge. Unlike Yamamoto, he has not achieved overwhelming results in Japan, nor has he been in the rotation for a year. He's prone to injuries and has a thin body, so I don't think he'll be able to withstand a rotation in the major leagues😅
In a perfect world, He Ohtani Yamamoto ect ect stay in Japan and it's the American Baseball star players who come to Japan to play intead. Since Japan has the best baseball fans and is the best baseball market in the world. But in reality, Money rules everything.
I wonder why there is more money to be had playing in the US instead of the "country with the best fans". Possibly because your "Best Fans" metric is wrong?
The best baseball players in the world play in the MLB. Thats why they get paid the most and that’s why most of the best players in the world want to play in America. Your comments are quite ignorant.
I'm not hyped about Roki. The Japanese pitchers that dominated MLB all have a variety of pitches. Roki is the 100mph fireball guy who might be rare in Japan but pretty common in MLB. The two pitch types will quickly get figured out by elite MLB batters. Also, fast pitchers get injured more
You know this throws his 102mph 4seamers with good location and movement, and he has variety of pitches. Not like the other r100mph fireball with no arsenal other than heaters.
Im a big Ohtani fan but what Ohtani did with his contract broke baseball. Should not be allowed. If you disagree, come back 3 years later when theyve won all 3 or 2 of the next 3 years.
He's going to the Giants. They'll throw the kitchen sink at this guy to get their own piece of the Japanese market and I honestly think Sasaki would prefer being in San Francisco over Los Angeles anyway especially as the sole Japanese import player on the squad, doesn't have to worry about constantly playing second fiddle to the Japanese media to Ohtani. The Japanese media are absolutely rabid in comparison to American sports media, especially in the surrounding Southern California area. The media atmosphere is far more relaxed in the bay area and is one of the reasons why I believe pitchers have absolutely flourished there in the last 10-15 years. Makes a wealth of difference as a starting pitcher when you can worry about the game and just concentrate on being a player for 1-7 innings for a couple days a week vs the tabloid pollution that comes with playing in a Los Angeles market that requires balancing some semblance of celebrity status at the same time.
What exactly do you mean “throw the kitchen sink at this guy”? do you know any team is limited to signing him to a minor league contract, won’t be for much.
😂 like the above comment mention he'll be signed to a.minkr league contract and this: "It is noted that Roki would fall under the 2024 bonus pool. The Dodgers have the largest remaining international signing bonus pool left at $2.5 million, meaning they could make the largest offer to him." 👋 you can say sayonara to your weird fantasy.
I hope he goes to the Padres. Darvish is currently the most experienced and longest serving Japanese pitcher in the MLB, he could take Sasaki under his wing. A veteran presence can really help him settle in.
Yu in terms of stats and longevity is the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers, yes he can help more than Ohtani. And if he goes to the Padres it’ll keep them competitive against the Dodgers.
Padres are the only other option IMO. But lets not forget who was the absolute captain of that Japan WBC team. Leading them to victory. It wasn't Yu. As good as Darvish is, Ohtani is Japan's Michael Jordan, and is a natural leader. Also now a world series champion.
Why? Read what I wrote, I said he’s the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers and a veteran that can help Sassaki in the MLB. Not that he’s going to the Padres anyway, looks like he’s going to the Dodgers.
It's not costing anything to sign Roki so how are they buying a championship? What is your team. Name their amazing home grown talent and tell me how they don't spend money on free agents and how happy you are about that.
I don't think MLB wants the Dodgers to get him. Can't have ALL elite Japanese players Play for one team. I'd be surprised if he's a Dodger. I rather see him on a contending Mid market team anyway
@@MrJoker830LA just doesn't have a huge Japanese community, it's the largest one in the US. Little Tokyo, Little Osaka-Sawtelle, Gardena, and Torrance are all areas with high or historical Japanese population.
Dodgers are gonna get Murakami too and build a Japanese Super Team
Oh my Lord 🙏
That would be hilarious.
At these points change the name to Tokyo dodgers 🤣 lmao
@@dqz1 chinuchi Dragons. Tokyo is for the Giants. Learn your NPB.
Yes please
Ok here it is a new name: Los Angeles Blue Samurai Dodgers
This is what I respect about Japanese teams and general managers. It isn't always about money or business, or perhaps it still is and we just don't know what goes behind the scene, but the fact that they allow him to be posted when they have all the leverage in the world is admirable. We, the fans, are the biggest beneficiary as we get to see him develop and grow as a MLB player.
Dodgers should rename to L.A Samurai Blue 😂
Samurai Blue is football team
Baseball Team is Samurai Japan
@@willstw They've been calling the men's association football (AKA soccer) team "Samurai Japan" for years now. It hasn't helped them win. "Nadeshiko Japan", or the women's team, on the other hand, has won championships.
Sasaki should sign to Dodgers so Dogders can assemble the Japanese Avenger 😂
Ohtani is assembling a team and he's at the helm
@@aninjaguardian Also another side benefit of the Ohtani contract that no one is considering.
He's giving LA an advantage to sign other Japanese talent.
Ohtani is a three way player. Pitcher, hitter and GM.
@@aninjaguardian😊
tokyo dodgers sounds good
"Teams"? As in plural? I'm sorry but there's only 1 team that will be getting him when he gets posted. Did you think it was a coincidence he wanted to come last year right when Yamamoto decided to also come and sign that massive contract? Chiba Lotte declined and Sasaki stayed and pitched for another season in Japan.
If there was any mystery as to why Shohei deferred a king’s ransom in salary to a decade down the road, it should now be obvious.
He wanted to make sure the Doyers had the dough for his buddies…Asians are stoic, not stupid…
He also really doesn’t need the money considering he also makes 70 mill a season outside of baseball through his sponsorship deals, so there’s that 😂
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duh that's what good players who want to win will do, they don't take the money up front lmao
@@StormBlessedxo name the last player to defer $700M.
Derp….
Japanese Dodgers of Los Angeles
Back to Back Champs Baby !!
@@khale7180 that's like saying the Dominican Padres of San Diego.
Its crazy how much japanese players love mlb. They would rather take massive pay cuts just to join the league. Shohei came early too
They are competitor's and want to play and beat the best.
A temporary modest pay cut in exchange for a MASSIVE payday later. Don’t kid yourself. Ohtani just got $700 million, remember?
@ True, just noting their patients and the fact that they say they dream of the mlb league
@@Johnfisher12345youre so wrong in your perspective. Unlike Americans, these japanese players are actually playing baseball because theyre passionate about it, money comes second. They are competitive, wanna play on the highest level. And WIN. Money isnt really the issue to them. Plus, the conversion rate to them, theyre already making more than enough. Theyre not as lavish as their western counterparts. Getting more money later is just an additional perk to them
@yureino Whatever you have to tell yourself to make it through the day, buddy 🤣🤣
The Evil Empire now has a Fully Operational Death Star.
And he is officially join the 2024 international free agency instead, which put Dodgers as the most available IFA money.
The Dodgers are not building a super team but rather a Super Duper team. Let’s go Mets.
Dodgers in 4 😂
So are the Mets if they get Soto and the other stars they are currently chasing.
Kids got a very very marketable face needless to say tremendous talent. Good looking kid too, stick him in a big market team and it’s OVER
he could look like the hulk it won't matter lol they will market the fuck out of him
ngl it would be hilarious if the Dodgers would actually be able to represent Japan in the WBC in the future 😂
Dodgers have the largest International pool $$$$ with the Padres a close second... no one else has a chance at him, unless "money really isn't an issue"!😏🤔
I would kill for a Japanese edition Dodgers jersey. Could you imaging a city edition with anime characters, or Mr.Fuji in the background? 🔥🔥🔥🔥😭
Many baseball fans in Japan think he is not ready to go to MLB. On the other hand, most Japanese fans were fully confident that Yamamoto would be successful in MLB ...so we'll see how it will turn out.
I just think the largest baseball market would be attracted to the largest mlb market right now being the dodgers
Shohei was posted and made peanuts his first years.
Exciting for Major League Baseball or exciting for the LA Dodgers?
Anyone who was clowning that 700m contract for Ohtani is looking real dumb rn.
It's paying back the Dodgers in so many different ways.
Good lucky to the 29 MLB teams
I’m a Giants fan, and I know we have a microscopic chance to sign him, but I kinda want him to go to the Padres. Just imagine, they almost beat the Dodgers this NLDS. Roki might just be what they need to get over that hump.
hard to believe Sasaki would want to put himself in a position to compete against both Ohtani and Yamamoto in the same divison for at least the next 6 years of their prime.
If he wants to win the WS, he should join the Dodgers.
this is so depressing (i am a coping marines fan)
Maybe become a Dodgers fan for the MLB and Marines for the Nippon League
Me too @ishin69 been following since about 2016 and this is one HURTS
@ no i'm already a cubs fan 😅
Sasaki had to have something in his contract that lets him get posted early, right?
I highly doubt the team is letting him go out of the goodness of their heart.
@@SuperCatacata The team statement would like you to believe that they actually did let him go out of goodness of their heart. But yeah, if they really did, that's a major bag fumble.
Dodgers are about to form a WBC championship roster.
Ohtani was posted earlier too.
Old posting rules and ohtani had a deal with his NPB team
Mariners gonna sign him, he's literally coming form a team with the word "Marine" in it. It just makes sense
Lmfaooo there’s nothing for him in the mariners he’s going to the dodgers he wants to be part of a winning team 😂
Not everybody, organization, country loves money first.
Shohei Ohtani, a buy-first, pay-later deal, with $100 million + generated revenue in his first year, now come with Roki Sasaki for basically free!
You can't imagine that a year earlier it was called the most bloated deal in history.
lets just get this straight, Dodgers would never have offered a deal like that to Ohtani unless they knew he was the best player on the planet, the Japanese market would be theres, and they would make the money back in some years to come with financial planning. In no world would they have made a move without looking at the analytics of it. Great deal, we love Ohtani and now the Dodgers are a huge powerhouse. Goodluck rest of MLB
Ohtani is building a team
Dodgers signing Godzilla next........
Winning championship team. Check. ✔
Winning championship team with a deep pocket. Check. ✔
Play with Shohei and Yamamoto. Check. ✔
Great weather. Check. ✔
Beautiful girls. Check. ✔
It's a foregone conclusion. Check. ✔
Good for the game ( I’m a Red Sox fan this has always been my profile pic on RUclips )
Unless its tampering and they are doing it all behind the scenes....it certainly feels sus....we all know he ends up with the dodgers and this is terrible for baseball.
Pronounced "Low-teh" = Lotte
ChibaLotte. Lotte is pronounced LOW TEH😮
no LOH-TTEH
@wilburwood8261 , hey genius, they don't understand the significance of the double T. What a Wilbur.
@@pali_aha Whatever. I am Japanese I know about 1000000000000000000 times more than you, of course I look like a genius to you lol
Ohtani Yamamoto Sasaki = Blue Eyes ultimate white dragon
Every. Single. Team. Has the same opportunity to sign him. Sorry your team didn't build anything to attract him. It's Sasaki's choice.
He wants to win something he did not do as much in Japan because he was on a mid team.
Yeah, getting Shohei literally means you are the first choice team to pick. They actually won a lottery with Shohei. Now that think about it, he is underpaid lol
Ohtani is assembling the Japanese Anvengers.
Chiba Lotte Marines releasing him early and missing out on millions because they are "rooting for him" is like the most Japanese thing ever
If your dream is to face the best competition and you sign with the Dodgers then you're a liar. That's like saying I joined the Harlem Globetrotters because I want to PLAY AGAINST the best while joining the only team who goes undefeated every season. You're not facing your own team and the Dodgers are clearly the best team so if he signs with the Dodgers baseball isn't gonna be fun to watch anymore.
Imagine signing for the Sacramento A’s
He wants to win, I doubt it
Nah, that’s not our style
They're just the Athletics, they refused to use Sacramento 😂
Chiba Marines have better ownership than that bum Fisher.
The Dodgers have two Japanese pitchers. Are they going with a seven man rotation if they sign him? Japanese pitchers don't pitch every 5th day. Time for other teams to start stepping up and knock the Dodgers out of everything. Major League Baseball can't afford to let one team dominate everything.
Sasaki's choice.
Dodgers are, in fact, committed to a six man rotation next season a la Japan’s system to accommodate Shohei.
Given the team’s injury history, it is better to go 6 man rotation.
The Ronin Warriors
That LA is getting to sign all these players kinda sucks
Hopefully, he signs with the Dodgers, and not do what Ohtani did, maybe the Dodgers could've have three rings now, if Ohtani joined the Dodgers from the start.
From my understanding the reason Ohtani didn’t join is because the national league didn’t have a DH back then and Ohtani wanted to bat every game.
He's going to MiLB first🤣
He might not join Dodgers, because Dodgers have to huge contracts to pay in near future. There will not be room for him when he actually qualified for bigger contract. That point would be something his agent will have to bring up at some point.
Just because he’ll be on the dodgers doesn’t mean he can’t get a huge contract in a couple of years, other teams can sign him when he becomes a free agent
Using those couple years to prove himself on the biggest stage for a major contract? All while hanging out with Ohtani?
No other teams can guarantee that.
LA is the perfect location for Japanese players in my opinion it’s warm has beaches idk if they all did but before he signed Yamamoto would train at UCLA in the off season, it’s closest to Japan geographically so fans could come see them play easier than other teams and there’s already a well established Asian community in California so idk if they’ll get all the guys posted like for example yoshida ended up with Boston though that was before Ohtani went to the dodgers but I feel like the dodgers is just a team who could accommodate them well. The Yankees owners will either go all out on soto which limits what they can do for Murakami or just flat out not go over their current payroll and the mets as much as I feel Cohen could potentially offer more than the dodgers for sasaki or Murakami I don’t see the pull other than the money there’s no historic aura as a casual fan whereas growing up everyone knew about the dodgers whether it was the Brooklyn or LA
This is either Dodgers (Most likely) or Padres.
I hope he goes to the Padres. Darvish is currently the most experienced and longest serving Japanese pitcher in the MLB, he could take Sasaki under his wing. A veteran presence can really help him settle in.
play with old man darvish or elite ohtani and yamamoto? kids gonna be a damn dodger
Yu in terms of stats and longevity is the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers, yes he can help more than Ohtani. And if he goes to the Padres it’ll keep them competitive against the Dodgers.
@@lukekellerman3830 i really hope he goes to the padres, but him throwing all the money he would be getting had he waited till 25 is showing me he doesn’t care and just wants to play with 2 of his WBC teammates but hopefully i’m wrong
@@lukekellerman3830 he won't Darvish has only got few years left
Oh shi---
International money has zero relevance here. Endorsements will more than make up for it, wherever he ends up
no it wont.
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Plus Sasaki is sort of a villain in Japan now, hard sell for JP companies than even Yamamoto.
If Japanese teams have such a financial incentive not to allow players to post early then why do they do it?
Teams usually don’t post early, but Sasaki has been trying to go to the MLB every offseason and the Lotte Marines are fed up his lack of commitment and contribution to the team over the past few years.
@ktosdad lol that's an original take.
Or the real reason is he has a handshake deal that they agreed to when they signed him that if he asks to be posted early they would honor it. He asked. They did.
Because a team can't just hold players back from their dreams against their wishes. They will get a bad reputation amongst players and nobody will sign with them in the future. Why would I go to a team that won't let me go to the MLB when other teams will?
Padres Need to swoop in and steal him from the dodgers
Why exactly would he go to the padres? For an aging yu darvish with no future?
hard to believe Sasaki would want to put himself in a position to compete against both Ohtani and Yamamoto in the same divison for at least the next 6 years of their prime.
Hopefully Roki Sasaki signs with the Dodgers to join Shohei and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Imanaga got what from the Mets @1:40 thank you Matsumoto Chiba Lotte Marine baseball fans 🙏🏼
Why r all the baseball RUclipsrs overreacting on this???
I mean, exciting for who? If you live in California and Japan sure, but MLB is NOT a sport where you want the best team possibly in history getting even stronger. This World Series was already a joke, imagine if they played the Royals or the Indians? or the Tigers? MLB will love this, because they want the TV revenue and the Asian market, just like the NBA. But the last thing the sport needs to grow is like 5 out of 30 teams being competitive. Regular season is already 162 who wants to see a season where every team is competing for a wild card?
Maybe MLB should just relocate the smaller market teams to Tokyo Seoul Osaka Taipei Santo Domingo Panama City ect. Then the World Series can actually be a World Series. Those cities would gladly welcome an MLB team. Baseball is thriving globally while it's joked that the Americans don't have the attention span or patience for Baseball anymore. Americans are more into a lamer version of Rugby with pads and helmets, 2 hours worth of commercial breaks, and inconsistent rules and arbitrary referring.
Your team like all other teams plays under the same rules. What's stopping you?
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa And how exactly are home and road games supposed to work for those teams? Seattle is already considered to be in remote territory. Nobody'd want to play for a team where they gotta fly for like 16 hours whenever they go from playing at home to the road and vice versa, and other teams wouldn't want to travel all the way out to play against them either.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasa Americans don't have the attention span? And your idea of moving major league teams over the pacific, in my opinion wouldn't work. Having to fly teams from the east coast to Asia would be financially a bust. But again, that's just my opinion.
"best team possibly in history" is wild for a team nobody thought was making it past the Padres a month ago.
佐々木朗希 どこ行くんだろ……？
Dodgers もちろん
this dude has been known to have been coming since last offseason. its not that crazy. every single piece of information about the league doesnt need to have a video made
NO.
We all new he wanted to go to MLB since he wwas 18.
@@wilburwood8261 it was known he was posting last offseason for this season. thats the facts. i didnt imagine that shit. youtube journalists arent actually professional journalists
@@nomercyinc6783No. It was well known that he wanted to go to MLB in the future when he was in high school. So not last year.
Japangeles is waiting for you. Go Dodgers!
I said it last year- Ohtani and Yamamoto will be teammates at the Dodgers. I'm gonna say it again- Sasaki will be a Dodger
What’s so “absolutely shocking” about this? It’s been widely speculated for a week.
Clickbait.
It's was a wish... but most pundits said the Marines would never let him go for nothing when they can cash in by keeping him.
No one knew they were honoring a handshake agreement they made years ago.
Because Chiba Lotte would be foregoing tens of millions instead of the pittance they'll be getting for posting him now instead of waiting until he turns 25.
The decision by Lotte was shocking. Not Sasaki`s decision.
Juan Soto should come over and be apart of history and not on the bad side
Come to Dodgers, Roki!!!
Hell ya. Dodgers r gonna b this centuries Yankees. Lol we will have at least another 5 chips. Vamanos Doyers lmao
I’ll believe it when i see it🥲🥲🥲
The glaze is egregious
Cool so when he gets here after signing a huge contract he will immediately need surgery and we might see him pitch in 2 years.
Yeah that’s always how it goes with the big name pitchers
@ sign Bauer back.
Ah yes those "huge contracts" worth a maximum of 5 million dollars... because that's all he can get.
As a Dodger fan I would love to have him. As a baseball fan, I think he should go to another team like the Padres or Giants.
What
@@robobbyfraireI have the same opinion as his. If other teams get him it’ll keep the league competitive. Plus I would love to see Japanese players face each other offs rather than having them all on one team
@@patron40silveryea he ain't a true Dodgers fan ? Out of all the teams he picked Padres and giants, the only two teams we hate as Dodgers fans.
Buddy we all know you aint a dodgers fan
@@patron40silver I am a Dodger fan, but I'm a baseball fan primarily. Roki going to a rival team is good for ratings and baseball. The Dodgers are stacked already and we are going to be the dynasty of this decade. But we can't keep signing these superstars giving us an unfair advantage.
If he went to the Yankees he would be destroyed.
There's a rumor he might go to the Padres... and I'm a Dodgers fan. This rumor comes straight from a Japanese site. You can easily goggle-fu this and find the results. I hope he doesn't
The US is where those rumors originated 🤷♂
There’s a rumor in the internet that Roki will quit baseball and try to become a pro pickleball player.
His dinks are already good so this rumor is probably true…
Everything about your commentary is so off here…
I'm Japanese. Even in the Japanese media, there is a lot of criticism regarding Sasaki's major challenge. Unlike Yamamoto, he has not achieved overwhelming results in Japan, nor has he been in the rotation for a year. He's prone to injuries and has a thin body, so I don't think he'll be able to withstand a rotation in the major leagues😅
Agee
Skinny body isnt really an issue. I can gain 10kg in 1 week. 😂😂
In a perfect world, He Ohtani Yamamoto ect ect stay in Japan and it's the American Baseball star players who come to Japan to play intead. Since Japan has the best baseball fans and is the best baseball market in the world. But in reality, Money rules everything.
so then that means the whole history of mlb including babe ruth is japanese ? has to be the dumbest comment i’ve read all week.
I wonder why there is more money to be had playing in the US instead of the "country with the best fans". Possibly because your "Best Fans" metric is wrong?
The best baseball players in the world play in the MLB. Thats why they get paid the most and that’s why most of the best players in the world want to play in America.
Your comments are quite ignorant.
I can get down this idea
@@ybfsinglecab Don’t feed the racist.
Rename japan to dodgers nation if this happens
Houston Astros roster 2024 has 6 Dominican Republic players. Rename Astros??
@@ken-mm7pq Houston Red Hot Dominicanos
佐々木朗希は大谷や由伸とは全然違うと思うけどな
期待したほどには活躍できないまま怪我して終わりだと思う
とりあえず、ドジャースはやめてほしい
大谷翔平にストレスかけるな
Damn. Making their own ninja turtles team.
Kinda funny:
Roki Sasaki
Oroku Saki
I'm not hyped about Roki.
The Japanese pitchers that dominated MLB all have a variety of pitches. Roki is the 100mph fireball guy who might be rare in Japan but pretty common in MLB. The two pitch types will quickly get figured out by elite MLB batters. Also, fast pitchers get injured more
Bruh…he can pin point his fastball like Degrom and Skenes…that’s why he’s hype. His other pitches matters very little…
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You know this throws his 102mph 4seamers with good location and movement, and he has variety of pitches. Not like the other r100mph fireball with no arsenal other than heaters.
@@helloman3676so is he also made of glass like degrom
@@SukunaIsHim probably.
Im a big Ohtani fan but what Ohtani did with his contract broke baseball. Should not be allowed. If you disagree, come back 3 years later when theyve won all 3 or 2 of the next 3 years.
Plenty of players have done this. He just did it with a way bigger contract.
@justicefelipe4794 it's Ohtani and the Dodgers.
But did it break baseball? The Shohei signing did not win them the ring
@@BagelsEater they literally won a ring what are you talking about. Geez
@@Logic105 Baseball survived the 90s and early 2000s Yankees dynasty. You know nothing if you think this will break baseball.
Welcome to LA
He's going to the Giants. They'll throw the kitchen sink at this guy to get their own piece of the Japanese market and I honestly think Sasaki would prefer being in San Francisco over Los Angeles anyway especially as the sole Japanese import player on the squad, doesn't have to worry about constantly playing second fiddle to the Japanese media to Ohtani. The Japanese media are absolutely rabid in comparison to American sports media, especially in the surrounding Southern California area. The media atmosphere is far more relaxed in the bay area and is one of the reasons why I believe pitchers have absolutely flourished there in the last 10-15 years. Makes a wealth of difference as a starting pitcher when you can worry about the game and just concentrate on being a player for 1-7 innings for a couple days a week vs the tabloid pollution that comes with playing in a Los Angeles market that requires balancing some semblance of celebrity status at the same time.
What exactly do you mean “throw the kitchen sink at this guy”? do you know any team is limited to signing him to a minor league contract, won’t be for much.
cope brother. he won’t go to a losing organization like the giants.
😂 like the above comment mention he'll be signed to a.minkr league contract and this:
"It is noted that Roki would fall under the 2024 bonus pool. The Dodgers have the largest remaining international signing bonus pool left at $2.5 million, meaning they could make the largest offer to him."
👋 you can say sayonara to your weird fantasy.
@@gonzoducks8 The bonus pool resets after December 15th. It's a question whether Sasaki waits until after or makes a decision before then.
@@jykim3604 let me just go Agent Smith on you "It is inevitable."
You can comeback and make me eat crow if it is not.
I hope he goes to the Padres. Darvish is currently the most experienced and longest serving Japanese pitcher in the MLB, he could take Sasaki under his wing. A veteran presence can really help him settle in.
As opposed to Ohtani and Yoshi helping him?
Yu in terms of stats and longevity is the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers, yes he can help more than Ohtani. And if he goes to the Padres it’ll keep them competitive against the Dodgers.
Padres are the only other option IMO.
But lets not forget who was the absolute captain of that Japan WBC team. Leading them to victory. It wasn't Yu.
As good as Darvish is, Ohtani is Japan's Michael Jordan, and is a natural leader. Also now a world series champion.
@@lukekellerman3830why would he choose an aging darvish over two of the best pitchers in NPB history?
Why? Read what I wrote, I said he’s the most successful of the current Japanese pitchers and a veteran that can help Sassaki in the MLB. Not that he’s going to the Padres anyway, looks like he’s going to the Dodgers.
He’s probably hurt. They stand to make money now so might as well post him.
Dodgers gonna keep buying championships
It's not costing anything to sign Roki so how are they buying a championship?
What is your team. Name their amazing home grown talent and tell me how they don't spend money on free agents and how happy you are about that.
WTF do Kike Hernandez, Max Muncy, Tommy Edman, Will Smith and Blake Trinen have to do with money?
@@laartwork They aren't happy about it, which is why they choose to complain about other teams doing what their team will never do.
Yeah, because they bought so many championships already. 🤡 Have your team try buying some.
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I don't think MLB wants the Dodgers to get him. Can't have ALL elite Japanese players Play for one team. I'd be surprised if he's a Dodger. I rather see him on a contending Mid market team anyway
Why not? LA has a huge Japanese community and its easier for fans in Japan to travel to. It's literally the best destination for a Japanese star
I don’t think you understand MLB
The state that mlb is in dodgers are the best team for him 💰
you’d be surprised ? brother it’s going to happen.
@@MrJoker830LA just doesn't have a huge Japanese community, it's the largest one in the US. Little Tokyo, Little Osaka-Sawtelle, Gardena, and Torrance are all areas with high or historical Japanese population.
日本人として佐々木がメジャーで活躍できるのか少し疑問がある
あまり期待しない方がいい気がする