Cubs have come a long way since courting Shohei Ohtani; will that help their pitch to Roki Sasaki?
In the last three years, the Cubs have signed two well-touted Japanese free agents, right fielder/designated hitter Seiya Suzuki and starting pitcher Shota Imanaga. It could also help that Padres pitcher Yu Darvish, a veteran example for the newer wave of Japanese-born MLB players, has spoken highly of his time in Chicago.