On one particular level, it's been an unusual offseason for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai, and Kazuma Okamoto were the notable Japanese players making the jump to Major League Baseball. Given how they have operated in past years, the Dodgers are always the expected favorites, but this time around, they barely got a mention for any of the top three players making their way from Japan.
Murakami signed a two-year deal with the Chicago White Sox (the Dodgers certainly could have interest after 2027), Imai landed with the Houston Astros, and Okamoto was the latest effort by the Toronto Blue Jays to win the offseason.