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The belief is Otani will be grandfathered in or that some other avenue will be created to provide Nippon-Ham a larger sum than 15 to 20 percent of what Otani would sign for with an MLB team.

Otani is even planning a special promotion if the Dodgers win the World Series. “Someday, I’d like to deliver this rice to Shohei Ohtani and have him try it,” he said.