Padres meet with Roki Sasaki

According to Jeff Sanders, the Padres are among the teams who have met with Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki.

The Padres, I'm told, are among the teams he's met with.

— Jeff Sanders (@sdutSanders) December 31, 2024 It had not been previously reported that a meeting had taken place but you’d have to be living under a rock to think that San Diego wasn’t going to be one of the teams.

The meeting took place in Los Angeles—the same location as Sasaki’s other meetings. His agent, Joel Wolfe, says the 23-year-old is back in Japan deciding on his next steps.

One of the next steps could include a visit to Petco Park for him to see the environment he’d be working in for the next six years. I’d say Petco…