The Rangers are among the teams with interest in Teruaki Sato, report Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic. The NPB star has also been tied to the Padres, Yankees, Mets, Phillies and Diamondbacks.
Texas would be a long shot given his expected price tag. The Rangers have seemingly been more focused on shedding some of their significant obligations to any of Corey Seager, Jacob deGrom or Nathan Eovaldi. Sato is arguably the top position player in this year’s free agent class. MLBTR predicted a five-year, $80MM deal; other public estimates on his market value have been in the nine-figure range. His signing team would also need to pay a posting fee proportional to the contract value.…
