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By Mark Polishuk |

10:10PM<\/strong>: The Padres are also looking to trade for more int\u2019l signing pool space, MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand writes (multiple links).\u00a0 More teams than just the Sasaki suitors are also exploring such trades, as an executive tells Feinsand that \u201cother teams are recognizing opportunities<\/em>\u201d to be aggressive in the international market.<\/p>\n

9:07PM<\/strong>: The 23-year-old Roki Sasaki<\/strong> is considered an international free agent due to his age, as league rules dictate, and thus his impending arrival to the big leagues has brought extra attention to the int\u2019l free agent acquisition process, which officially began today with the opening of the signing window.\u00a0 The race to sign Sasaki isn\u2019t technically a bidding war since the money on offer is limited by the bonus pool structure, and Sasaki\u2019s willingness to make the jump to the majors so early in his career indicates that salary isn\u2019t his chief priority.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, that doesn\u2019t mean the three teams reportedly remaining in the hunt for Sasaki won\u2019t try to add a few extra dollars to their offers.\u00a0 Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers have engaged multiple teams in \u201cexploratory\u201d discussions about trading for extra money from their bonus pools, though there doesn\u2019t appear to be any indication that any deals are close.<\/p>\n

Clubs are permitted to trade from their bonus pools in increments of $250K, and teams are allowed to add to their pre-existing pools by as much as 60 percent of their original number.\u00a0 The Dodgers\u2019 2025 pool was reduced by $1MM due to their signing of Shohei Ohtani<\/strong> last winter, as Ohtani rejected the Angels\u2019 qualifying offer and the Dodgers were a luxury-tax paying team in 2023, which left Los Angeles with $5,146,200 to work with for this year\u2019s international class.<\/p>\n

This amount is tied with the Giants for the lowest pool of any team.\u00a0 The Blue Jays and Padres (the other Sasaki finalists) have a pool size of $6,261,600, giving them a bit extra to work with in terms of paying Sasaki, or spending on other int\u2019l talents should Sasaki sign elsewhere.\u00a0 Should all three teams trade for the maximum amount of extra pool space, the Dodgers would have approximately $8,223,920 to offer Sasaki, while Toronto and San Diego could offer him $10,018,560.<\/p>\n

As noted earlier, Sasaki likely isn\u2019t going to base his decision on what will ultimately end up being pretty similar offers from his three suitors.\u00a0 This could be why the Dodgers are apparently not yet pushing too hard to add to their pool space, as Sasaki might end up signing elsewhere anyway.\u00a0 Harris also notes that for the Dodgers (and presumably the Padres and Blue Jays), there\u2019s a lack of leverage in such trade talks, as rival teams know full well that int\u2019l bonus money is of particular importance as the clock ticks down towards January 23 and the close of Sasaki\u2019s posting window.<\/p>\n

International pool space is usually not considered a hugely valuable trade asset in general, though naturally teams trying to amass extra money to complete a signing may think otherwise.\u00a0 Earlier today, we saw the Giants acquire extra pool money in a pair of trades, as Blake Sabol<\/strong> was sent to the Red Sox and Will Kempner was dealt to the Marlins.\u00a0 These additional funds helped San Francisco boost its $5,146,200 figure, and probably helped the team land its top signing \u2014 highly-touted Dominican shortstop prospect Josuar De Jesus Gonzalez, who got a bonus of $2,997,500.<\/p>\n

The other wrinkle on the trade front is that teams with bonus space to spare might want to keep that money themselves for more signings, rather than deal it away.\u00a0 The team has lands Sasaki will have to walk away from its pre-existing handshake agreements with most or all members of its 2025 international signing class, so several other interesting prospects could soon be entering the market.\u00a0 Even the possibility that these unofficial agreements might not be honored has cost the Dodgers at least three prospects already, so the two teams who don\u2019t sign Sasaki might both miss out on the pitcher and have to deal with a reduced group of int\u2019l prospects if some of the players leave in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10:10PM: The Padres are also looking to trade for more int’l signing pool space, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand writes (multiple links).\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nDodgers Having "Exploratory" Talks About Trading For Int'l Bonus Pool Funds - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26653\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dodgers Having "Exploratory" Talks About Trading For Int'l Bonus Pool Funds - 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