When Tatsuya Imai boldly declared that he would rather take down the Los Angeles Dodgers than team up with Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki , it raised eyebrows around the MLB world.

A three-time All-Star in NPB, Imai is one of the top pitchers to be posted since Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with the potential to immediately enter an MLB rotation as a top-3 arm.

But which teams should Imai consider joining in order to accomplish his goal? Well, in the opinion of MLB Insider Jon Morosi, there are three obvious options for the NPB star to consider based on geography and World Series potential.

“What Imai has given us here, Lauren, is the boldness to be different and the boldness to create a new rivalry. So, you think about this. If I'm Tatsuya Imai and I want to find a way

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