Free agency is well underway for MLB, and the Toronto Blue Jays continue to search for options to bolster their team and hope to return to the World Series in 2026. With starting pitching being a need for the Blue Jays as their fifth spot remains open, it could be filled by an incoming Japanese sensation.
Tatsuya Imai was posted by the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball league back on November 10, with the negotiation window expiring on January 2. In an instant, the Los Angeles Dodgers were an assumed destination to join the likes of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.