The Toronto Blue Jays make incredibly risky move to make massive push for free agent Roki Sasaki
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The Toronto Blue Jays traded for Myles Straw from the Cleveland Guardians and $2 million in international bonus pool money to try and land free agent Roki Sasaki.
The Blue Jays are among the top two teams with the Los Angeles Dodgers to land Sasaki this off-season after he told the San Diego Padres last night that he will not be signing with them.
The Blue Jays take on massive risk in trading for Myles Straw to acquire more international bonus pool money for Roki Sasaki
The Blue Jays trade for Myles Straw which also included $2 million in additional international bonus pool money but the return to Cleveland has yet to be announced.
Blue Jays get Myles Straw, cash and $2 million in international bonus pool money for a player to be named later
MLB insider Ben Nicholson-Smith did announce that the Guardians will also be covering $3.75 million of the remaining $15.5 million of Straw's contract.
.Cleveland is covering $3.75 million of the remaining $15.5 million owed to Myles Straw, source tells me &
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Also worth noting: Straw's money counts towards the Blue Jays' CBT calculations regardless of whether he's on their 40-man.
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Also worth noting: Straw's money counts towards the Blue Jays' CBT calculations regardless of whether he's on their 40-man.
The Blue Jays clearly made this trade for the international bonus pool money but the tough part is that they had to take on Straw's contract who has almost $12 million left on it with the part that the Guardians are covering.
He's owed almost $12M the next two years
This is a risky move by the Blue Jays as this does not guarantee that they will be able to land Sasaki and if they don't, they are simply stuck with Straw's contract with nothing in exchange.
Straw did win a Golden Glove in 2022 for the Guardians but struggled last season as he only played 7 games in the MLB, spending the majority of the year in Triple-A.
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