Agent Joel Wolfe shares Roki Sasaki updates following team meetings

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“DodgerHeads” host Jeff Spiegel and DodgerBlue.com executive editor Matthew Moreno discuss Roki Sasaki updates shared by agent Joel Wolfe, and implications for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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[Music] what’s up everybody welcome into Dodger heads presented by Dodger blue.com part of the medium larg Sports Network my name is Jess beel joined today by Matthew Moro Happy New Year’s Eve to all of those watching this the day that it is being posted uh we have a little bit of an update interestingly enough on Roki Sasaki his agent Matt Joel wolf spoke to reporters uh yesterday giving a little bit more information about where Sasaki is what those initial meetings were like and things such as that bill Plunkett among others sort of recorded some of the information uh on social media and kind of the the keys to me Matt were that tasaki is currently in Japan kind of mulling over all of the information that he’s received um a lot of these teams it it seems had been spending months preparing for this according to Wolf um he wouldn’t confirm how many teams met with him but did say there were no players present for the meeting so we know Otani and Yamamoto were not part of the Dodgers pitch um um a number of other things came up what stood out to you most about the information that wolf gave out to reporters I think probably that no players were present uh and that was something I know you and I when we did our live show and there was kind of there was some Sasaki news that had trickled out we were discussing that and I said you know I wonder if Otani and Mookie Betts and Freddy Freeman if any of them were at this meeting that the Dodgers had that has been reported I know Joel wolf didn’t confirm it but has come from enough reputable sources that we can safely uh assume that it is accurate that the Dodgers did have an in-person meeting with Sasaki recently uh before he made his way back to Japan as Joel wolf has now relayed uh and the I think what’s interesting about is not only were no whether the Dodgers or any of these uh other teams that have reportedly mat wasaki current players present but that it was at his request that no players no active players be part of that so I think that’s kind of interesting like and I’m not saying it like from a critical standpoint like just objectively speaking like it it’s I wonder what his thought process was with that could it be you know maybe wanting to avoid the peer pressure type thing of these guys sitting in the room with him I know Otani a couple months ago I think it was now um he said he wasn’t going to like really try to persuade Sasaki or pressure him in any sort of way and that he considered him a friend and that whatever his decision ultimately was that he would respect so since interesting to see that that is the case I know that there was Al there was the caveat that some of these teams that had recorded videos and presentations that active players were messages from them seem to be included in that which I think obviously is fine so although you knowon wasn’t there in person did he do something like that did or maybe not given his comments so was it mooki was it Freddy Freeman was it you know somebody along those lines doing that but I thought to me that’s what struck me as kind of the most interesting with like the meetings uh aspect of it yeah wolf also added another interesting piece by by the way is that he does not expect Sasaki to sign right when the window opens on January 15th uh that it’ll be sometime between then and the deadline which I believe is January 23d so it might be you know anybody that was expecting an announcement prior to January 15th it sounds like via the agent that’s unlikely and that it might dip into the third or fourth week of January before he signs but Matt the thing that stood out to me most was um kind of the quote that’s probably gotten the most publicity when he was asked on uh Joel wolf was asked about why saki decided to come to Major League Baseball now not waiting a little while longer signing a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars he said this quote he’s a guy that wants to be great he’s not coming here just to be rich he wants to be the greatest ever and to me Matt this signals one thing and I’ve been the guy on here that has said I don’t think we really know anything I think it’s an echo chamber I think everybody’s making the same assumptions about him being a Dodger yada y yada I don’t know if the confidence is misplaced Etc I hear this quote Matt and and I think Ro Roki Sasaki is going to be a Dodger because you cannot with a straight face Matt even via your agent tell me that you want to be great that you want to be one of the greatest ever that it’s not about the money you cannot say that and then go sign with the Padres go sign with the San Francisco Giants if you would like to be great if you’d like to be one of the greatest ever and you genuinely mean it and you are an intelligent person which I assume Joel wolf and RI Sasaki are you have to sign with the Dodgers you can’t say things like that and then not be a Dodger so Matt I come away from this more convinced than ever that Roki Sasaki is going to be a Dodger am I crazy not crazy I don’t know how much this these new details and quotes from Joel wolf uh sway it for me but I like I think and I know that you you have also been in the camp of thinking saki is going to sign with the Dodges I remember right what are we at like a maybe a month ago now three weeks ago you put on a tinfoil hat uh metaphorically with Anthony uh during one of the live show it was a actually was during the winter meetings when when Joel Wolf the last time he kind of publicly addressed everything and you said hey read between the lines this is what’s going on I think there there could be more of that still happening look the Dodgers like I forgot I think maybe it was Dexter Fowler MLB Network or the MLB account somebody put out something recently on Twitter uh explaining why the Dodgers are are the best option for Sasaki and he basically cited their pitching development and and their resources that is like that is true like there is a reason that the Dodgers kind of have the reputation that they do and the success that they have now not every pitcher has it hasn’t worked for everybody but there have been enough times where they have helped a pitcher take that step forward or you know completely rehabilitated him and if it was completely struggling and and found you know new life with the Dodgers Sasaki obviously has otherworldly talent and potential already and so if you take that you mix it with some of the stuff that the Dodgers have at their disposal whether it’s just an expansive front office and pitching coaches and or you know data and uh tracking instruments and all that like yes to your point like they are the team the franchise that can get him to being one of the greatest ever because you need all that stuff and then another component that you need is to win and the Dodgers Year yes they don’t win a World Series every year despite I know we just recorded a video on uh quote unquote buying a World Series Championship like you can’t do that but they are competing for a World Series year in and year out that doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon and so you layer all that together there more there has to be more Pros than cons for Sasaki to come to La yeah and look if if you want to lose in the nlds there’s another place just down the road uh if you want to finish fourth in the division you could head north a little bit and find a place on the west coast there but if you want to be great and you want to be the greatest ever then you need to be playing on the biggest stage and you need to be successful and you need to be on teams that win and we can pretend like that’s not the case but to be one of the greatest ever you have to do that and the guys who have gone to the biggest stage and performed and succeeded are the guys that will go down as the greatest ever and so if this is true if the reason he passed up hundreds of millions of dollars is because he wants to be great he wants to be developed he wants to become one of the greatest ever it has to be with the Dodgers no other team would would make a ton of sense I mean look you could talk me into the Yankees or the Mets or some of these teams that at least are spending and competitive and want stto with the Mets and you know the Yankees obviously making into the World Series with Aaron judge last year sure but if you’re connecting this to you know he wants to be on the west coast reports and that kind of a thing then if he truly does want to be on the west coast maybe I’ll summarize it this way this quote is great news for the Dodgers because there is no team on the west coast that presents him with the chance to be great and the greatest ever quite like the Dodgers so let us know what you all think in the comments below again Joel wolf speaking to reporters the agent for Roki Sasaki saying a that he’s not going to be signing before or on January 15th that it might take a few days that he is currently in Japan talking to friends and family kind of narrowing down the list and beyond that we don’t know we don’t know what the next steps are um if it’s going to be visits to different cities if there are going to be players involved next time around that’s all information that remains to be seen so make sure you’re following Dodger bl.com dodgerblue 1958 on social media because we’ll have that information for you as soon as it is available that is Matthew Moreno I am Jeff speel folks enjoy New Year’s Eve uh have a great celebration tonight and be back tomorrow we got a fun video that’s going to be coming tomorrow sharing some of our New Year’s resolutions as Dodger fans that’ll be right here on the Dodger blue YouTube page enjoy the rest of your day everyone and as always go Dodgers


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