Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami was definitely going to be posted at some point this offseason, but it was a shock when Jeff Passan reported that he was being posted on Friday, Nov. 7, less than 24 hours after the free agency signing window officially opened. Starting on Saturday, he'll have a 45-day signing window to sign.
International free agencies, even the ones more straightforward than Roki Sasaki's was last year, are tricky, and one would think that Murakami would want to stay back and let a few established players sign to set the market.