Shohei Ohtani is the top free agent in MLB this offseason. There are good reasons both pro and con to sign him; we covered that here last week.
The same is true for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. He’s really good! He will also be really expensive! (Yes, I know some of you don’t care about that. The Cubs care.) We’ve also talked about him.
Somewhat under the radar is another pitcher coming to MLB from NPB in Japan, lefthander Shota Imanaga. He’s 30 and has pitched eight years in NPB with a 3.18 ERA and 1.118 WHIP in 165 games.