The dust is still settling from the Shohei Ohtani signing by the Dodgers over the weekend, but there are quite a few top free agents still available.
Japanese righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto is generally recognized as the best pitcher from NPB, and there are a number of teams reported to be after his services. The Cubs haven’t been mentioned, and so I’m going to turn my attention to the “other” NPB pitcher who’s ranked among the better free agents this offseason, Shota Imanaga (in MLB Trade Rumors’ free agent rankings, Yamamoto is No. 3, and Imanaga is No.