San Diego is at $6,261,000. The Dodgers and Blue Jays have not signed any international amateurs and the Padres have signed only three, each for bonuses of $10,000. Only bonuses above $10,000 count against the pool. Straw has salaries of $6 million this ...

Right-hander Roki Sasaki, the covered Japanese free agent, has whittled down a list of suitors to two finalists, according to a report by veteran MLB reporter Francys Romero. Sasaki eliminated the San Diego Padres and will choose between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, the report claims.

The Toronto Blue Jays completed a deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday to acquire outfielder Myles Straw, cash considerations, & international signing bonus pool space for the 2025 period from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

The San Diego Padres are out on Roki Sasaki, according to Francys Romero, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as the two presumptive finalists to sign the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander.

That’s why the Blue Jays executed a trade on Friday, absorbing the contract of light-hitting Myles Straw and getting $2 million in international bonus pool money from the Cleveland Guardians.

Cleveland agreed to a long-term deal in April 2022 with Straw, but he hit just .221 with no homers, 32 RBIs and 21 stolen bases that year, then batted .238 with one homer, 29 RBIs and 20 steals in 2023.

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes could be down to two teams – and not the two teams everyone expected. According to reports, the San Diego Padres are out as candidates to sign the Japanese star, leaving the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays among the finalists reported earlier this week.

The San Diego Padres are in need of some moves to strengthen their roster for 2025. They are rumored to be one of the three finalists for Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, but they could also ...