Mets pitcher from Japan says team needs to 'build a roof' if it wants more Japanese stars

It is nary concealed the Los Angeles Dodgers person been capable to pull Japanese stars recently.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto chose the Dodgers implicit the New York Mets past year, erstwhile some teams offered him $325 million. 

More recently, Roki Sasaki besides chose the Dodgers contempt the Toronto Blue Jays reportedly offering much money.

Due to his age, Sasaki, 23, was constricted to teams' planetary excavation money. 

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New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the archetypal inning of Game 1 of the NL Championship Series Oct. 13, 2024, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

And Shohei Ohtani decided to enactment successful Los Angeles and motion with the Dodgers earlier the 2024 campaign.

Japanese stars person joined different teams successful caller years, but Yamamoto and Sasaki are undoubtedly the apical pitching prospects different than Ohtani since Masahiro Tanaka arrived successful 2014 with the Yankees.

Ahead of the 2023 season, Kodai landed a five-year, $90 cardinal declaration with the New York Mets, and he's slated to beryllium astatine the apical of their rotation this play aft missing the bulk of past season.

As helium reported to outpouring grooming Tuesday, Senga was asked however the Mets could onshore much Japanese stars, and helium was brutally honest.

"Of course, I would emotion to person immoderate much connected the Mets, but the climate's bully there, and I deliberation that decidedly plays a part," Senga said.

New York Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga reacts to immoderate trouble with a PitchCom instrumentality during the archetypal inning against the Milwaukee Brewers June 28, 2023, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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"We request to physique a roof."

Mets proprietor Steve Cohen has teased a extortion before, erstwhile noting it would outgo astir $800 cardinal to build. But, past year, helium said that "ship has sailed" due to the fact that it's "too expensive."

There fig to beryllium much Japanese stars arriving successful the U.S. soon. Lefty slugger Munetaka Murakami, who deed 56 homers successful 2022 and has a .938 vocation OPS overseas, is expected to articulation the large leagues adjacent year.

It should besides beryllium noted that the Blue Jays person a roof, truthful the upwind intelligibly wasn't everything for Sasaki.

Kodai Senga of the New York Mets pitches during the archetypal inning against the Atlanta Braves astatine Citi Field July 26, 2024, successful New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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There are 15 Japanese-born players connected large league rosters, and the astir caller to marque his MLB debut was Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga.

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