The Dodgers are considered the favorites to sign Shohei Ohtani when he becomes a free agent in a couple weeks. But there are other directions the team could go.
The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani adjusts his cap in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. After months of speculation and anticipation, the Angels’ two-way star will become a free agent in a couple weeks when the World Series concludes.
“Obviously I wouldn’t get into specific players,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said in April, getting as close to mentioning this specific player as he would. “But also – our mindset would never be, ‘Hey, let’s wait a year or two for this.’, scuttling any chance of getting under the Competitive Balance Tax threshold this year. Other roster decisions took their 2023 payroll to approximately $265 million.
As it stands heading into the offseason, the Dodgers’ 2024 rotation would feature one pitcher recovering from a second Tommy John surgery , a career swingman and this year’s rookie class backed up by another wave of young talent.Ohtani wouldn’t help that in the short term. He won’t be a starting pitcher in 2024 and his second elbow surgery raises questions about his long-term viability as a front-line starter.
With the Buffaloes this year, Yamamoto went 17-6 with a 1.16 ERA, 176 strikeouts and 28 walks in 171 innings. He has thrown no-hitters each of the past two seasons in Japan.
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