free agent

He’s not a free agent, but he’s on the verge of becoming a lame duck.

Still, the fact the team is even entertaining a meeting with this year’s top free agent suggests the Dodgers, for all the spending they did last offseason, aren’t tightening their purse strings yet.

Had Sasaki waited two more years, he would have been free to sign like a normal free agent.

“We knew he had us one,” said Fulton, who joined the Chargers in the offseason as a free agent.

Though Kershaw had a player option for at least $10 million next season, he evidently declined it Monday, with the Major League Baseball Players Assn. listing him as a free agent.