Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai snubs Dodgers as high-stakes MLB free agency window opens

The Los Angeles Dodgers' big bets on Japanese pitchers paid off earlier this month.Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP honors, Roki Sasaki recorded critical outs and Shohei Ohtani started in Game 7. Tatsuya Imai is the latest Japanese ace and free agent who has his sights set on Major League Baseball. But the right-hander hopes his path to the majors does not pass through Los Angeles.Imai is in the midst of a 45-day posting window, which affords him the opportunity to agree to a contrac