Is it too much of a nuisance? There are voices of criticism over Rocky Sasaki (23), who will enter the Major League in 2025.

The Athletic in the U.S. mentioned the situation that is likely to happen if Sasaki signs with a major league club after January 15, 2025 (Korean time).스포츠토토

This means that if Sasaki signs after January 15, 2025, when the international prospect bonus pool is reset, several Latin American players will not be able to advance to the Major League.

Obviously, Sasaki is under the age of 25 and has not played in an overseas league for six years. Therefore, he should try to play in the Major League as an international promising player. This is not Sasaki's choice.

The international prospect bonus pool will be reset on January 15, 2025. For Sasaki, it is more beneficial to wait until January 15, 2025, than to sign a contract now.

If Sasaki waits until Jan. 15, 2025, the 30 MLB clubs are certain to rush in with the entire allocated bonus pool.

The media also pointed out that Major League teams have verbal contracts for promising players in Latin America. Major League teams are allowed to sign contracts with players 16 years of age or older.

But multiple clubs signing verbal contracts with younger players. That this verbal contract could be broken if Sasaki receives all of the bonus pools from any particular team.

If the oral contract is broken, the prospects will have to wait until January 2026. They even insisted on increasing the bonus pool for the 29 teams that failed to recruit Sasaki for them.

Under the current system, however, Sasaki is clearly considered an international promising player. Analysts say that chances are high that Sasaki will receive all of the bonus pools of any team after January 15, 2025.

Reports like this may be seen as pressure on Sasaki to sign a contract before Jan. 15, 2025. Sasaki is not obligated to do so.

Also, prospective players in Latin America are not a single individual but a kind of organization. Some clubs may be afraid that their contract with Sasaki will ruin this relationship.

The Los Angeles Dodgers currently have the largest bonus pool left for 2024 international prospects at 2.5 million U.S. dollars. However, it will rise to 7.55 million dollars after resetting.