NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Dave Roberts started to dodge the big question about Shohei Ohtani, rocking back and forth in his seat and staying silent for three seconds before his big admission:

"Yeah, we met with him," the Los Angeles Dodgers manager said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) at the winter meetings, making Roberts' club the first to publicly admit a sit-down with the unique two-way player likely to break baseball's salary record.

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