CBS Sports’ R.J. Anderson predicts the Los Angeles Dodgers to make two more significant additions via the pitching market this offseason, potentially acquiring an All-Star reliever and a Japanese fireballing starter.
Dodgers Linked To 2 More Top Free Agents Roki Sasaki , Starting Pitcher “I may not know what, precisely, Sasaki values most in his employer,” Anderson writes, “but the Dodgers seem to offer any and everything a player could want: excellent player development staff; prestige; championship aspirations; and even some familiar faces in Team Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.” The Dodgers have long been seen as the favorites to land Sasaki because of the reasons listed above. Recently Sasaki’s agent, Joel Wolfe, downplayed Sasaki’s interest in teams with a history with Japanese players and emphasized his desire to go where he can get the best development.
“Roki is by no means a finished product. He knows it and the teams know it. He is incredibly talented.
We all know that,” Wolfe said Monday. “But he is a guy that wants to be great. He’s not coming here to be rich or to get a huge contract.
He wants to be great. He wants to be one of the greatest ever. I see that now and he has articulated it.
Tanner Scott , Reliever “Scott’s an obvious target for every contender and was linked to both the Yankees and Dodgers earlier this winter,” Anderson writes, “The Yankees have since traded for Devin Williams while LA has yet to ad.
