Roki Suzaki has found himself a team and it's the
LA Dodgers, so it was Dodgers or Jays,
and LA wins and we've been seeing that a lot
lately. LA wins, LA wins. They get
another stud from Japan. You know what, this
is a movement epic proportions. I mean, really
being able to land Sasaki just pretty much, uh
, tells you a lot about the mentality of this
ball club. It's great business. Because winning is
great business. They went out there, won the
World Series. They put a great team together.
The offense is right where it needs to be.
The rotation was already unbelievably superior, and now you
add Sasaki to that one. They also understand the
value of that Asian market, and you know that
all eyes from that whole entire area of the world
is gonna be on the Dodgers, and that is
absolutely huge. You know, hats off to Andrew
Friedman, to Dodgers ownership of making and continuing to
make things happen. Well, we have a tweet
, and I agree with what you just said.
We have a tweet here, and this is a
translation of a tweet that Suzaki put up on Instagram
. I'm going to read it for you. It
says, I've signed a minor contract with LA,
a minor league. That's what has to be has
to be called that, so he is correct.
It was a very difficult decision, but I'll do
my best to make it the right decision when I
look back after my baseball career. I want to
slip my sleeve on the Dodgers uniform at the opening
conference thanking everyone who has supported me this far.
Pretty amazing. Here's another tweet the Dodgers have traded
Dylan Campbell to the Phillies in a trade that includes
international bonus pool space that's per source. And then
Jeff Passan of ESPN. With the news on the
Dodgers getting international bonus pool space for Suzaki from the
Phillies, and that is important obviously because you need
to have that space in order to pay for the
international player. News, I guess late yesterday,
and here's Andy Martino from SNY sending this out on
social. The Mets are bringing back Jesse Winker,
pending physical league sources say it's a reported 1 year
$8 million deal. I guess we're not just taking
this at face value, JP. There are implications
beyond just this one move. Explain for us.
That's an excellent point, Matt. There's the news
and then the news. News and our colleague at
the network, Joel Sherman reported yesterday that the Winker
signing is the first step in the Mets pivoting away
from their longtime franchise mainstay, Alonso. So here's
why you look at Winker and the money that he'll
make and the role that he's going to have.
It appears now that the Mets will have a,
a platoon at DH between. Winker and Starling Marte
with more than likely Bentos at first and Bay at
3, which means this man is now likely on
the move elsewhere. The report from Joel in the
New York Post was that the Mets made a final
offer to Alonzo 3 years in the range of$68
to$70 million to which Alonzo did not accept.
Joel Sherman, who covers New York baseball for I
don't know the last 75 years. The Mets are
in agreement with AJ Minter pending physical. The deal
is for 2 years and$22 million. AJ Minter
is a relief pitcher and according to John Hayman,
Minter also covering baseball over the place. Minter has
a player opt out after year one. And uh
this one from Mike Puma of the New York Post
also in New York, a very common name.
The guy writes every day, all day. AJ
Minter's addition to the Mets bullpen likely means this,
this is interesting here, likely means they won't further
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