Japanese-born pitcher Roki Sasaki’s arrival to the Major Leagues is highly anticipated. But, what is even more intriguing is which team will land the international free agent. With two Japanese natives — Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — on their roster,

The Mets were early adopters of NPB starting pitchers. Masato Yoshii was a rotation regular for the 1998 and 1999 Mets. At that point, only Hideo Nomo, Hideki Irabu and (briefly) Shigetoshi Hasegawa had started an MLB game in 35 years.