Shaohei List:7 Clubs Waiting for the Covenant to
6.12.2017
Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Pads, San Francisco Cants, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs. One of these clubs will be Shohey Otani`s new employer after Japan`s baseball superstar shuffled his list of talks to seven MLB teams. By the end of the week, the 23-year-old hockey player and outsider of Hokkaido Nippon-Hem Fighters will have personal meetings with representatives of each of the `finalists. `The talks will take place in Los Angeles, where the management agency representing Otani in the United States is based;Creative Arts (CAA). Because of the restrictions in the MLB`s collective agreement, the Japanese have the right to sign a Mainleague contract only until he reaches the age of 25. The maximum bonus he can get now is $ 3 535 000 and only Texas can provide himthe full amount. Of the remaining six clubs with the largest free resource in the budget for foreigners have Seattle ($ 1, 557, 500) and LA Angels ($ 1, 315, 000). The other four teams have a limit of $ 300, 000 because of the bonus limits in previous seasons. Otani has a deadline until December 22 to agree on his personal conditions, otherwise he will remain a Hokkaido player in the NPB.
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