I don't believe any of them have actually signed yet, though. They just have unofficial agreements.They have already spent at least $4.1M so far. Which might be a strong indicator they aren’t confident they are signing Sasaki. SD spent at least $2.9M so far.
-$2.5M on FG’s #8 prospect, Crisopher Planco
-$1M on FG’s #28 prospect, Juan Sanchez
-$600k on Kennew Blanco, their #1 target last year but they didn’t sign him in 2024 due to issues with his birth date.
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They have already spent at least $4.1M so far. Which might be a strong indicator they aren’t confident they are signing Sasaki. SD spent at least $2.9M so far.
-$2.5M on FG’s #8 prospect, Crisopher Planco
-$1M on FG’s #28 prospect, Juan Sanchez
-$600k on Kennew Blanco, their #1 target last year but they didn’t sign him in 2024 due to issues with his birth date.
none of does signings are confirmed yet. And not official2025 International Prospect Rankings and Scouting Reports
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Canada4Gold
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They do. I'm slightly curious as if they're required to though. If the Jays wanted to quietly accrue IFA money while stuff happens in the background reporting it as cash considerations would be smart if they were allowed to do so, even if it's not the usual routine for those trades.
The guy was recently DFA'd though, it's probably just money.
You would think so, but remember when they got slot money for Morales and Smith? Weird shit happens!
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Why does Pittsburg do that?
They aren’t a big spending team so they probably don’t resign Bichette. So Hayes, a recent 1st overall pick and their #8 prospect for 1 year of a guy coming off an injury plagued season.
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Ohhh nooo the Dodgers are trying make a trade for international bonus money. RIP MLB its over guys.
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So either he wants money or Dodgers feel threatened to resort to this. Regardless, I don’t care. I’m battle tested and I’m ready to get hurt again!Ohhh nooo the Dodgers are trying make a trade for international bonus money. RIP MLB its over guys.
Dodgers Having "Exploratory" Talks About Trading For Int'l Bonus Pool Funds
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I'm sure the other two teams are also looking into getting more dollars as well. This isn't really news.
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Didn't this same rumour come out last year. Maybe they came back around but didn't like the price tag the jays put on his services so they circled back to AlonsoSportsnet had a story out suggesting the Mets had contacted the Jays about Vlady.I have a strong feeling he might be gone. Where there is smoke there is fire. I would have thought the Jays would have had him signed by now.
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The vultures might be circling the Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Conversations have taken place between the Blue Jays and New York Mets about a trade of the All-Star first baseman, though discussions are characterized as "checking in," SportsNet New York's Andy Martino reported on...www.sportsnet.ca
29Potvin
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Could you imagine Rogers letting Bo,Vlad,Mitch and JT walk in the same year and get nothing in return
If other teams GMs aren't call then they aren't doing their jobs.
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That's a dumb headline. For one thing, there's no actual information. The argument they're making us basically "We never expected the Jays to have a chance, so it's probably not them." And for all the writer knows, SD and LA are calling teams about IFA slot money because they're desperate.
I don't think the Jays sign him, but that seems a bit troll-y.
phillipmike
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Shi Davidi said on the radio this morning that Sasaki was in Toronto for multiple days last week and threw on the field. He was also reportedly in Dunedin and visited the Jays facilities.
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For all we know, the Dodgers and Padres could both be scrambling to trade for more international bonus money because they think he's picking the Jays if they don't get offer him more IFA money.
The Dunedin thing is new, right? I don't think we had heard that before now.
Keep in mind that both Toronto and LAD have prospects tapped for the money in their pool if they don't get Sasaki.
The Padres do, too.
The thing that really makes me believe it's the Dodgers (other than the fact that the Dodgers just seem to get whatever they want) is that a couple of the guys expected to go to the Dodgers have already signed elsewhere.
Having said that, both the guys they lost got significantly more than what they had agreed to with the Dodgers, so maybe they just saw the Dodgers' uncertainty as a means of backing out of their handshake agreements to get more money elsewhere.
I am fully expecting San Diego. I honestly think LAD is third in this one.
The sheer difference in money should put them third.
phillipmike
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It is or rather i havent seen it reported yet. i went back and listened and it was the host Shoaib Alli who said Sasaki was in Toronto for multiple days and went to Dunedin. Davidi responded with "yeah" then went on a tangent.
So i correct myself, Davidi didnt report it but he didnt refute it when it was brought up. Though i dont think it is far fetched since Ohtani visited Dunedin. Also, most of the Jays off-season physicals are performed in Dunedin. Not to mention that Scott Phillips reported a few days ago that the 2 reasons Sasaki is interested in the Jays is; Pete Walker and the Dunedin facilities. So if the facilities are a big reason, i suspect he would have had to have taken a tour.
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