Unlike other Japanese clubs who have reaped large transfer-fee windfalls from posting big-name stars to Major League Baseball, the Lotte Marines could get very little for letting 23-year-old pitcher Roki Sasaki move this winter.The Marines announced Saturday they were making Sasaki available at a time in his career when MLB rules require him to sign a minor league contract and restrict the amount a team can pay in the form of a signing bonus.The limits attached to Sasaki's amateur status will potentially reduce Lotte's posting fee to a few million dollars instead of the vastly larger sums t…READ FULL ARTICLE
