The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels, in pursuit of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani, each acquired $1 million in international bonus allocations from the Minnesota Twins Wednesday.
In separate deals, the Mariners sent catcher David Banuelos to the Twins and the Angels sent outfielder Jacob Pearson to complete the transactions.
Teams interested in signing Ohtani are limited to the amount they have available in their international bonus pools. The Twins had $3.2 million in their international pool, but Ohtani narrowed the list of teams he was considering to seven finalists, and the Twins were not on the list.