Japan’s international baseball market is overflowing with incredible talent, many of whom have entered the major leagues.
Think: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Ichiro Suzuki and Shota Imanaga — some of baseball’s greatest players.
Considering how deep the international market is, the New York Yankees ought to explore it further this offseason.
Yankees Urged To Pursue Japan’s Teruaki Sato
Rucker Haringey of FanSided made a case for New York to start exploring 27-year-old Teruaki Sato.
“Rolling the dice on Japanese import Teruaki Sato could be the best option available to New York this offseason,” he wrote. “There are concerns about his ability to make consistent contact at the Major League level, but the combination of power and production he showed in Japan this season is a cause for major optimism.
“Like McMahon, Sato projects as a weak defensive presence at third base, but the hope is his power can more than make up for that deficiency. Sato’s free agent market is difficult to predict, but the Yankees should give him a long look once he posts.”
Sato has been nothing short of a superstar in his NPB career. And, with the Yankees needing infield depth, choosing to acquire him would make sense.
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