How much will Roki Sasaki make? How good could Dodgers rotation be? [Video]

While Sasaki’s tools alone — a triple-digit fastball, wipeout splitter and fluid movements from his 6-foot-4 frame — would have made him a highly coveted free-agent target, the financial constraints he faced turned him into a generational bargain, similar to when Shohei Ohtani (then also 23) first signed with the Angels in December 2017.

Because Sasaki was classified as an international amateur — putting him in the same boat as teenage prospects from Latin America — he could receive only a standard minor-league contract with a signing bonus capped by the amount of money in his new team’s international bonus pool.

The Dodgers had only $5.146 million in their bonus pool, tied for the smallest amount in the league, but made two trades Friday with the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds to acquire more and complete Sasaki’s $6.5 million signing.

That will represent the largest cash outlay the team will owe him for a while.

Once Sasaki is added to …