The Main League Baseball offseason is underway as free agent gamers start to talk to new groups forward of the 2025 season.
A lot of the consideration has been surrounding New York Yankees star outfielder Juan Soto as he’s the most important identify on this 12 months’s free agent class.
One different participant who’s gaining some reputation is beginning pitcher Roki Sasaki who’s coming over from Japan to signal as a free agent.
It’s believed that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the favourite to signal Sasaki, however MLB Analyst Trevor Could thinks one other staff may very well be match for the beginning pitcher.
“The team I really want to see him talk to has not even been mentioned, which is the Seattle Mariners,” Could mentioned.
Our personal @JimBowdenGM says that the #Dodgers will not be the favorites to signal Roki Sasaki.@IamTrevorMay sees the #Mariners as an awesome match for the Japanese phenom:#TridentsUp
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— MLB Community Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) November 17, 2024
The Mariners completed the 2024 season with a file of 85 wins and 77 losses which landed them in second place within the American League West.
Though the Mariners completed with a profitable file, they missed the postseason for the second straight 12 months, they usually have solely made the playoffs as soon as within the final 23 seasons.
Sasaki pitched 18 video games for his staff abroad in 2024 and had a file of 10 wins and 5 losses with a 2.35 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 111.0 innings pitched.
Though the Mariners haven’t been talked about to be in talks with Sasaki, Could thinks that they might be match and permit Sasaki to each achieve reputation and develop as a pitcher.
The Mariners will look to win the American League West for the primary time since 2001 as they navigate their choices within the free agent class.
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