{"id":25989,"date":"2025-01-13T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25989"},"modified":"2025-01-13T22:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:43:02","slug":"roki-sasaki-wont-sign-with-new-york-yankees-or-texas-rangers-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25989","title":{"rendered":"Roki Sasaki won&#8217;t sign with New York Yankees or Texas Rangers, AP&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p>By ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-01-13T21:00:08+0000\"> 16:00 EST, 13 January 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-01-13T21:15:43+0000\"> 16:15 EST, 13 January 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) &#8211; The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers have been informed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki won&#8217;t be signing with them, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The people spoke on condition of anonymity because Sasaki&#8217;s intention to sign elsewhere had not been announced. The decision regarding New York was first reported by the Yankees&#8217; YES Network.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are considered the favorites to sign the 23-year-old right-hander, with the Toronto Blue Jays another possibility. Every team in MLB was expected to have interest in the phenom.<\/p>\n<p>Under MLB\u00b4s international amateur signing rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan&#8217;s Nippon Professional Baseball, Sasaki can sign with an MLB team during a window starting 9 a.m. EST Wednesday and ending 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Because Sasaki is under 25 and has not played six seasons in NPB, he is classified as an international amateur and limited to a minor league contract subject to international signing bonus pools, which range from $7,555,500 to $5,146,200. Starting Wednesday, teams may make trades to increase their signing bonus allotment by up to 60% from their initial figure.<\/p>\n<p>Sasaki\u00b4s agent, Joel Wolfe, has not publicly identified teams under consideration. Sasaki has been said to also have met with the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Sasaki&#8217;s fastball tops 100 mph. He was 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA in 18 games last year, striking out 129 hitters in 111 innings in a season limited by shoulder inflammation. He has a 29-15 career record with a 2.10 ERA over four injury-shortened seasons with the Marines.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Baseball Writer Stephen Hawkins contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) &#8211; The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers have been informed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki won&#8217;t be signing with them, people familiar with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[178,176,177],"class_list":["post-25989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-ap","tag-dailymail","tag-wires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roki Sasaki won&#039;t sign with New York Yankees or Texas Rangers, AP... - 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