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Originally Posted by JTech780
With Sasaki it won’t come down to money, because of his age he has to sign a minor league contract subject to the 2025 international signing bonus pools. Toronto has an estimated $6.2m, Dodgers have $5.1m.
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You can trade for bonus pool money and I'd expect whoever wins to need to do so. Although his agent said he was interested in potentially smaller markets as well - and coincidentally they can pay the most. Reds/Tigers/Marlins/Brewers/Twins/As/Mariners/Rays all have $7.55MM to start with. And anything you give him is a bargain since you get all the pre-arb/arb years.
There's a limit to how much bonus pool money you can trade for as a percentage of how much you started with (iirc its like 50-60%) so the teams with the most to start with can also trade for the most and make the highest overall possible offer.