Outside The Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty ImagesGood morning.

Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of.

Jack Harris reports on Sasaki’s introductory press conference and tries to read the tea leaves about the meaning behind what Sasaki said.

Before we leave the Dodgers, Evan Drellich and Sam Blum have audiotapes of Shohei Ohtani’s former translator Ippei Mizuhara impersonating Ohtani over the phone with his bank (The Athletic sub. req.) to make a wire transfer to Mizuhara.

David Adler reports on details from the introductory press conference from the three newest Hall of…