For the past few weeks, there have been a ton of trade speculations circulating about Dylan Cease, the pitcher for the White Sox. Reporter Jake Rill of the Orioles discussed how Dylan Cease would fit in Baltimore.
It appears that the Los Angeles Dodgers, who once again stunned the baseball world on Thursday night, needed more than one historic, record-breaking offseason contract.
The Dodgers signed 25-year-old Japanese rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year, $325 million contract, the richest deal for a pitcher in league history, just ten days after shocking the world by signing Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million contract that defers the majority of his salary.
The Dodgers will pay the right-hand pitcher more than $375 million over the course of the next 12 years, in addition to a posting fee of around $51 million that is owing to Yamamoto’s previous team in Japan, the Orix Buffaloes.
The Dodgers’ extraordinary amount of spending is anticipated to have an impact on how teams manage the summer around the league, with Los Angeles’ aggressiveness possibly helping the Chicago White Sox as the front office attempts to revamp the roster in front of 2024.
White Sox ace Dylan Cease, who was the subject of several speculations earlier in the winter, is reportedly being considered by many teams as one of the best pitching alternatives available this offseason, at least in some capacity.
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