"With the number of pitchers they already have, they don't need me,"
"I haven't looked into this guy at all. I don't know what his stuff is. I'm sure he's amazing, as we've seen a lot of Japanese pitchers come over and be extremely good - including the guys on our staff. So I'm sure he's very talented. Every pitcher not on our team is saying the same thing: they want to take us down, they want to be the one to beat us. That's what makes it fun to play for the Dodgers - you're going to get everyone's best every single night."
"the most valuable thing in my life."
Tatsuya Imai has ruled out joining the Los Angeles Dodgers this offseason, saying, "With the number of pitchers they already have, they don't need me." He earlier said he did not want to join a team with Japanese players and described beating the Dodgers to win a World Series as "the most valuable thing in my life." Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy responded on the "Foul Territory" podcast, praising Japanese pitchers and noting opponents always bring their best against Los Angeles. Imai is a 27-year-old, nine-season veteran in Japan with a 3.07 career ERA and sub-3.00 ERAs in each of the last three seasons, including a 1.92 ERA in 2025 with 163.2 innings and 178 strikeouts. He is a top international free agent linked to multiple big-market teams.
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