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Thursday, Jan. 1: Astros to sign Japanese star pitcher Tatsuya Imai
Right-hander Tatsuya Imai has agreed to join the Houston Astros after being posted from his native Japan, according to the New York Post‘s Jon Heyman. The starting pitcher will sign a three-year deal that could earn him as much as $63 million, per Chandler Rome of The Athletic, and will have the ability to opt out after each of the first two seasons of his contract.