Munetaka Murakami lingered on the free agent market longer than anyone expected, and ended up signing a two-year deal with the White Sox just a day before his posting window closed. Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto's deadlines are coming up too; Imai's on Jan. 2 and Okamoto's on Jan. 4.
Imai was candid about the state of his market this weekend, saying, "There aren't many concrete options on the table yet," despite strong links to the Cubs, Mets, Phillies, and Yankees.
Everyone assumed that all three of the star Japanese players available would go to the Dodgers, but they didn't make a peep about Murakami before he ended up in Chicago, evidently aren't involved with Okamoto, and Imai made his stance on coming to LA clear.