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Great idea. Especially in the pursuit of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who will be posted this winter. He’s the equivalent of a Golden Ticket. His signing bonus won’t cost more than a team’s already allotted international free agency pool money. He will make the major league minimum. At least for his first season. Every team will shoot their shot.

Roki Sasaki, potentially the best pitcher to ever come out of Japan, is set to join MLB next season. Do the Mariners have a shot at signing him?