We can add Kenta Maeda to the list of available free agent starting pitchers after the Hiroshima Carp finally agreed to post the 27-year-old right-hander.
Maeda had asked the Carp to allow him to explore major-league opportunities as far back as two years ago, but until now they had declined to do so.
Now that Maeda, ranked 21st in Jeff Passan's Ultimate Free-Agent Tracker, is on the market, there are sure to be a number of MLB teams that are intrigued enough by his talent to make a bid.
It'll cost $20 million for those teams to get a seat at the negotiating table – only the team that signs him has to part ways with their money, though – and as we saw with Masahiro Tanaka the bidding can get quite competitive.