Happy Wednesday, San Francisco Giants fans.
Or maybe not a happy Wednesday. It depends on whether or not you want the Giants to sign pitchers.
On Tuesday night it was reported that Japanese left-handed pitcher Shu014dta Imanaga had agreed to a deal with the Chicago Cubs. He has until Thursday afternoon to take a physical and finalize the deal before his posting window expires. Bob Nightengale first reported the agreement, with Jon Morosi adding that it is expected to be in the range of $15 million per year.
Over the past week, we were treated to the next chapter in an offseason of fairly embarrassing baseball reporting.