The Padres Are Out and the Roki Sasaki Sweepstakes Is Down to Blue Jays and Dodgers

13 minutes ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

All we need today to complete this saga from last off season is someone from his agency to hop on a private jet and start flying to Toronto complete with a grainy picture of sasaki in an airport terminal.

If by some small miracle he chose the Jays and Robert Herjavic had a great sense of humour they'd have him fly to LA and escort Roki and his team to Toronto and when he lands he could get out in with all the media and say....Ah...I'm just messing with you.  Come out young man!

14 minutes ago, saskjayfan said:

If by some small miracle he chose the Jays and Robert Herjavic had a great sense of humour they'd have him fly to LA and escort Roki and his team to Toronto and when he lands he could get out in with all the media and say....Ah...I'm just messing with you.  Come out young man!

Now that would be hilarious.

4 minutes ago, jerb said:

 

How much extra money could they really find?  In the grand scheme, it's peanuts compared to what he'll eventually sign for.  What logical reason would there be for Roki to sign with Toronto rather than the Dodgers?

12 minutes ago, Krylian said:

How much extra money could they really find?  In the grand scheme, it's peanuts compared to what he'll eventually sign for.  What logical reason would there be for Roki to sign with Toronto rather than the Dodgers?

Holy crap...the jays just traded for 2 mil in international bonus pool money as per Shi

It's possible the extra IFA money is to sign the guys the Dodgers had a deal with

2 minutes ago, Laika said:

Would have to be a pretty sexy prospect to take on $10M for Straw as well. 

For sure, and it's more likely the $2M is to increase the likelihood Sasaki chooses TO, with getting more IFA prospects the fallback.

Plus Straw does have some value, just not $10M worth

It will be funny if after all this, Sasaki decides to stay in Japan for 2 more years

5 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

OMFG this is nuts

Just ONCE could one of these signings that we're scared to ne hopeful for work out?!?!?!?!

No.