{"id":81260,"date":"2025-11-18T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/imai-japanese-pitcher-available-for-mlb-teams-until-january-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:30:13","slug":"imai-japanese-pitcher-available-for-mlb-teams-until-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/imai-japanese-pitcher-available-for-mlb-teams-until-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Imai, Japanese Pitcher, Available for MLB Teams Until January 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tatsuya Imai Makes a Pitch for MLB: A Standout Pitcher in the Market<\/h2>\n\nRight-handed pitcher Tatsuya Imai has initiated his application process through the Major League Baseball (MLB) system, opening the door for teams to negotiate his signing as a free agent. The negotiation period extends from Wednesday until January 2nd.\n\nImai joins the also prominent Munetaka Murakami, an infielder with great power at bat, whose 45-day deadline to sign a contract ends on December 22.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0902%2Fr1540018_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nTatsuya Imai, a 27-year-old right-handed pitcher, showcased a remarkable season with the Pacific League&#8217;s Seibu Lions, recording an impressive 10-5 record and a 1.92 ERA. In 163 and two-thirds innings, he struck out 178 batters.\n\n\n<p>Throughout his eight seasons with Seibu, Imai has demonstrated consistency, accumulating a record of 58-45 with an ERA of 3.15. His impressive strikeout total amounts to 907 in 963 and two-thirds innings. He has been selected for the All-Star Game on three occasions.<\/p>\n\n\nA milestone in his career was April 18, when he led his team in a combined no-hitter against Fukuoka, pitching eight flawless innings. Furthermore, on June 17, Imai set a new team record by striking out 17 batters against Yokohama, surpassing the previous mark of 16 set by Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2004.\n\nAccording to the MLB&#8217;s posting agreement with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the posting fee will be 20% of the first $25 million contract, including bonuses and options. This percentage decreases to 17.5% for the next $25 million and to 15% for any amount exceeding $50 million.\n\nIn addition, an additional fee of 15% will be applied to any bonus earned, salary increases, and options exercised.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tatsuya Imai Makes a Pitch for MLB: A Standout Pitcher in the Market Right-handed pitcher Tatsuya Imai has initiated his application process through the Major League Baseball (MLB) system, opening the door for teams to negotiate his signing as a free agent. The negotiation period extends from Wednesday until January 2nd. Imai joins the also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2390,344,1150,8273],"class_list":{"0":"post-81260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-free-agent","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-pitching","11":"tag-tatsuya-imai"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}