Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages … are you ready? Baseball’s real fun is coming shortly.
Left-handed Japanese pitching prospect Yusei Kikuchi will post on Tuesday morning.
Kikuchi, 27, will have the legal ability to begin negotiating with MLB teams at 8 a.m. ET on Dec. 4, 2018. As per baseball’s guidelines, the Seibu Lions, Kikuchi’s current (soon-to-be former team), has agreed to post him. This means the lefty has until 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 2, 2019 to sign with a major league club.
Of course, one of the many clubs rumored to hold an interest in the lefty is the New York Yankees.