The Yokohama DeNa Baystars of Japans Nippon Profe sional Baseball are going to post left-hander this offseason, reports . The southpaw will be eligible to explore opportunities with clubs in Major League Baseball as a free agent, though any club that signs him would owe a posting fee to the Baystars. Imanaga is a veteran in Japan, having just turned 30 years old on September 1. Over eight seasons, he has to sed 977 innings with a 3.18 earned run average while striking out 24.9% of batters faced and walking 6.9%. Hes been ever better this year, Santiago Espinal Jersey with a 2.72 ERA over 122 1/3 innings, along with a 29.1% strikeout rate and 3.9% walk rate. He also pitched for Japan in the World Baseball Cla sic earlier this year, allowing two earned runs over six innings. Here at MLBTR, Imanaga has been featured on all four editions of our series, coming in at #3 in the first edition but #2 on each subsequent update. As noted by MLBTRs Dai Takegami Podziewski in the first of that series, Imanaga doesnt have an overpowering fastball but finds succe s thanks to his command and gets strikeouts with his changeup, which is close to a splitter. He also has a cutter, a curveball and a slider. He signed with the U.S.-based agency Octagon to help talks toward a posting agreement last offseason. Once Imanaga is formally posted, there will be a 30-day window where MLB clubs can negotiate with his representatives. If a deal is reached, the signing team will also owe money to the Baystars, with that amount being relative to the size of the contract given. Any big league team that signs him would owe the Baystars a fee equal to 20% of the contracts first $25MM, 17.5% of the next $25MM and 15% of any dollars thereafter. If he does not reach an agreement with an MLB team, he will return to the Baystars for 2024. When he hits the market, Imanaga will add another interesting arm to a free agent cla s that is heavy on pitching. Another NPB star, , is expected to be in the mix, alongside other pitchers like , , , and , while pitchers like and have opt-outs and could jump into the mix as well. Bronson Arroyo Jersey