The San Diego Padres have reportedly been eliminated from the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as the final two teams remaining in the chase.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays are anxiously waiting for Japanese superstar Roki Sasaki to make a decision on which Major League Baseball team he’ll join.

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The San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays have lost out on Japanese ... In December, Robert Murray of FanSided reported The Baseball Insiders (h/t Valentina Martinez of San Diego Padres on ...

and the Toronto Blue Jays as the final teams in play. USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported that San Diego is "cautiously optimistic" that Sasaki will be a member of the Padres by the end of next week.