The Los Angeles Dodgers may not actually be the favorites to sign 23-year-old Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki in free agency.

Unlike other high profile Japanese players, Sasaki will take less money by signing a minor league contract at age 23, betting on himself in hopes of a huge payday later.

This offseason, there's Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese ace being posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines. With an upper-90s rising fastball and a devastating splitter/forkball, h