Kenta Maeda of the Hiroshima Carp has asked to be posted. The posting fee can't exceed 20M, and he is likely to command a salary of around 80M/5 years. Although not as dynamic as Yu Darvish, he is one of the top pitchers in Japan, and an innings eater. (27 years old)
His specialty seems to be a mix of playable contact and slightly higher than average strikeout rates. With a defense like Toronto's behind him, he could breeze through a lot of teams, and be a top of the rotation guy.
Always a risk in changing leagues, but a lot of success in Japanese pitchers in the past couple of years. Re-sign Muni as an interpreter.
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