Japanese pitcher Rocky Sasaki (24), who challenged the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), will set up a negotiation table with the Los Angeles Dodgers again.  

Can Rosenthal, a reporter for The Athletic, said on his personal social networking service (SNS) on the 15th (Korea time), "Sasaki will renegotiate with the Dodgers again." 메이저사이트

Sasaki conducted interviews with at least seven MLB teams last month. She also encountered Dodgers during the negotiation table. Among them, she reportedly narrowed down the list of candidates to three teams: the Dodgers, the San Diego Padres, and the Toronto Blue Jays. Sasaki recently visited San Diego and Toronto's home stadiums and toured facilities after returning from Japan at the end of 2024. On Sunday, footage of Sasaki pitching at Petco Park, San Diego's home stadium, spread through Internet communities.

In this situation, if the Dodgers asked Sasaki to meet again, it is likely to offer better conditions than before. Japan's Nikkan Sports said, "Details on the meeting between Sasaki and Dodgers are unclear, but the recruitment game seems to be in the final stages." 

If the Dodgers, which owns Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell, also recruit Sasaki, it will form a "dream starter." MLB.COM predicted that "the Dodgers' starting lineup, which Otani, Yamamoto, Glasnow and Snell have endured, will become one of the best in MLB." Tony Gonsolin and Bobby Miller are on hand. Clayton Kershaw and Dustin May, who are undergoing rehabilitation, can also join the Dodgers' starting lineup this season. If Sasaki joins, the Dodgers' starting lineup will gain much more weight. 

Sasaki joined the Chiba Lotte Giants in 2020 and posted a career record of 29 wins and 15 losses and an earned run average of 2.10 in the Japanese professional baseball league. In 2022, he was 20 years and 157 days old, becoming the youngest perfect game in the Japanese professional baseball league. After the 2024 season, Sasaki is trying to advance to the MLB through posting (closed competitive bidding) with the consent of the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japanese professional baseball league.