He's also making less than a million for the season so it's not like he's an albatross signing either.
I think he just has to pitch more. When I think of the pitchers who have come over recently, Senga and Shota were 30 already and were All Stars. Kuroda was 33. I have fond memories of him on the Yankees.
Nomo, Daisuke, Tanaka and Darvish were all 25/26 and Ohtani was 23 but they all threw a lot more innings in Japan before they came over than Sasaki had.
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