There's no way Roki Sasaki hasn't already contemplated whether he wants to share a clubhouse with the greatest player ever to come out of his country.

"We're going to do whatever we can, and know that there are a lot of other teams that are going to do the exact same thing," Friedman said.

Joel Wolfe, Roki Sasaki's agent, said that the phenom may prefer a small- or mid-market team over a team like the Dodgers or Yankees.