Players for 2024
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Currently the 28th SP off the board by NFBC ADP (97.5 overall ADP)
Shota Imanaga
263.8 ADP
Jung Hoo Lee
Yuki Matsui
Erick Fedde
Trevor Bauer
Roberto Osuna
Kona Takahashi – wants to be posted this offseason, unclear if he will be, went to Driveline last offseason
Naoyuki Uwasawa – will be posted, but only sits 91 mph 

Open Universe Players
Roki Sasaki, turns 22 this week, RHP — posted after 2026 season
Kazuma Okamoto, 27, 1B/3B/OF — posted after 2026 season
Munetaka Murakami, 23, power-hitting 3B, to be posted after 2025 season
Raidel Martinez, 27, Cuban RHP one of top closers in NPB
Livan Moinelo, turns 28 next week, Cuban LHP was top setup man in NPB, but may get stretched out for 2024
Hiroto Takahashi, 21, nasty RHP coming off 150-inning season
Rintaro Sasaki, 17, skipped NPB draft, where he may have been the No. 1 pick, to come to US to play D1 ball and then get drafted in a few years
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