Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said the club is "bringing the 'A game' " for Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani.

“We’re bringing in the big guns. We’re bringing the A game. When we sit down, we’ll be sitting down with very notable faces and that is a part of what we want to sell,” Dipoto said Wednesday on a podcast run by the organization.

The Mariners added to their bonus pool they’re able to offer Ohtani in a trade with the Chicago White Sox last week, giving them approximately $500,000 more to spend on international free agents. Dipoto said an aggressive approach is how the Mariners are going to try and land the 23-year-old phenom.

“We’ll be responsible in how we do it, but we understand this is a one-time buying opportunity and you have to be prepared. To me, the worst thing we can be is sitting on the sideline being too conservative, sitting on our hands when an opportunity to change the history of the organization comes along. Because this is what it might be,” he said.

Ohtani – who is expected to sign with an MLB club this winter after a posting agreement between the NPB, MLBPA and MLB was reached earlier this week – is eligible for a maximum signing bonus of $3.535 million, according to the New York Post. The Texas Rangers ($3.535 M), New York Yankees ($3.5 M), Minnesota Twins ($3.07 M) and Pittsburgh Pirates ($2.27 M) are the only teams able to offer Ohtani more than $2 million at the moment.

“He’s coming over as a 23-year-old, two years prior to when he would be exempt, he’s coming over with the knowledge that he’s leaving a fair amount of money on the table, which I think speaks a ton about his interest level in where he’s going,” Dipoto said.

If Ohtani waited until the age of 25 to sign with an MLB club, he could fetch a free agent deal in the $200 to $300 million range, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney.

“He’s a gifted pitcher with a fastball that ranges from 93 to 103 mph, which is pretty phenomenal by itself. But when you add the fact that he has two polished secondary pitches — he has a hard sharp slider and a split-finger that he uses as both as a changeup and a strikeout pitch — they are both advanced. He’s been a Cy Young quality level starter in the NPB,” Dipoto said.