Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers (For Real)

[imb]

saving time by posting this now

[Rex Buckingham]

[Derwood]

They will sign him to a contract where they pay him $1 per year for the next 100,000,000 years

[17 Seconds]

he's cheap, so we've actually got a shot

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I hope this works as well as your election thread

[JHBulls]

15 hours ago, 17 Seconds said:

he's cheap, so we've actually got a shot

Now we are on equal footing with the club that wins 95+ games yearly, just won the title with half a rotation missing, has the Japanese GOAT and Yamamoto.

I can’t wait to hear what our sales pitch is.

[Bertz]

21 hours ago, JHBulls said:

Now we are on equal footing with the club that wins 95+ games yearly, just won the title with half a rotation missing, has the Japanese GOAT and Yamamoto.

I can’t wait to hear what our sales pitch is.

We actually managed to keep our Japanese import from last offseason healthy?

[JHBulls]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

We actually managed to keep our Japanese import from last offseason healthy?

Yeah, I’m just messing around. Would love Sasaki, everything we’ve seen of him just seems incredible. No shame in losing out to a club in a better position to win now but hey, stranger things have happened. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

On 11/10/2024 at 10:02 PM, JHBulls said:

Now we are on equal footing with the club that wins 95+ games yearly, just won the title with half a rotation missing, has the Japanese GOAT and Yamamoto.

I can’t wait to hear what our sales pitch is.

The stadium is old and the weather is horsefeathers?

[Stratos]

If the Dodgers get Sasaki they have a rotation of Sasaki, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, and Glasnow.  Has a team ever had 5 legit aces in a rotation?

[CubinNY]

6 hours ago, Stratos said:

If the Dodgers get Sasaki they have a rotation of Sasaki, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, and Glasnow.  Has a team ever had 5 legit aces in a rotation?

The 1970s Baltimore Orioles.

[Rob]

7 hours ago, Stratos said:

If the Dodgers get Sasaki they have a rotation of Sasaki, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, and Glasnow.  Has a team ever had 5 legit aces in a rotation?

2004 Cubs had Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Maddux, and Clement. Each of them had posted a 4+ fWAR season in the very recent past. (2002 or 2003). But injuries and time took their toll.

There was also the 2015-16 Mets with Harvey, Matz, deGrom, Syndergaard, and Wheeler. But they had an even tougher time taking the field than the Cubs did.

[Irrelevant Dude]

14 hours ago, Stratos said:

If the Dodgers get Sasaki they have a rotation of Sasaki, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, and Glasnow.  Has a team ever had 5 legit aces in a rotation?

I don't remember who the 5th starters were, but for my money it doesn't get much better than Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Avery +

It is still hard to believe that group only won a single World Series.

 

[Jason Ross]

Cubs are mentioned specifically in here as one of the six teams to watch.

[imb]

On 12/6/2024 at 8:40 AM, Rob said:

2004 Cubs had Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Maddux, and Clement.

better known as murderer's throw

[Rob]

19 hours ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I don't remember who the 5th starters were, but for my money it doesn't get much better than Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Avery +

It is still hard to believe that group only won a single World Series.

 

I'd argue that Kevin Millwood was the stronger 4th than Steve Avery. But yeah. Those Braves rotations were absurd throughout my childhood.

[jersey cubs fan]

12 minutes ago, Rob said:

I'd argue that Kevin Millwood was the stronger 4th than Steve Avery. But yeah. Those Braves rotations were absurd throughout my childhood.

Yeah, my…, childhood, too

[Bertz]

3 hours ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Cubs are mentioned specifically in here as one of the six teams to watch.

Rosenthal namechecked the Cubs as well

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The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs are viewed in the industry as among the early favorites to land Sasaki.

 

[Jason Ross]

4 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Rosenthal namechecked the Cubs as well

 

Sounds like the Cubs are a real option. 

I've seen a few reports that the Sasaki sweeps could be done quick, but obviously his final signature will have to wait. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'm surprised the Brewers aren't named. Just ran away with a terrible division despite a rookie coach and a 20 year old kid who looks like a potential 7 war player with one of the best pitching development systems in the game. I guess he wants a major market. 

[Tank]

On 12/7/2024 at 1:27 PM, Bertz said:

Rosenthal namechecked the Cubs as well

 

So the usual suspects.

[LBiittner]

On 12/7/2024 at 10:15 AM, 1908_Cubs said:

Cubs are mentioned specifically in here as one of the six teams to watch.

It's widely known mlb teams have handshake deals with Latin international signings well in advance to official signing periods. I'm wondering if Sasaki.....

[BigbadB]

On 12/6/2024 at 3:27 PM, Irrelevant Dude said:

I don't remember who the 5th starters were, but for my money it doesn't get much better than Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Avery +

It is still hard to believe that group only won a single World Series.

 

Wasn't Kent Mercker one of them? 

[CubinNY]

1 hour ago, BigbadB said:

Wasn't Kent Mercker one of them? 

Remember the Kent Merker is God meme on here? I think it was b/c he blasted Chip Carey in the media.

[gflore34]

On 12/9/2024 at 1:34 AM, LBiittner said:

It's widely known mlb teams have handshake deals with Latin international signings well in advance to official signing periods. I'm wondering if Sasaki.....has such a deal in place with the Dodgers? Yes.