It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month

Nov 15, 2025

It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
Okamoto (left) and Maki, who will play as the fourth batter against Korea, will apply for Major League posting on the 20th and start negotiations. Photo Source = Japanese Baseball Organization website



It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
Okamoto will officially post in the Major League after the friendly against South Korea this weekend. Early next month, he will fly to the U.S. with his family to begin full-fledged negotiations. Photo Source = Japanese Baseball Organization website
It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
An official press conference for the Korea-Japan national team was held on the 14th. Photo Source = Japanese Baseball Organization website
After the friendly match with South Korea, they will fly to the U.S. Okamoto Kazuma (29), the fourth batter of the Yomiuri Giants, will start the Major League posting process on the 20th (Korea time). Scott Boras, Okamoto's agent, said he will file a formal posting next week. Negotiations on joining the Major League's 30th team will begin with the application for posting.

Scott Boras represents two Japanese players that Major League Baseball is watching this winter. Seibu Lions right-hander Tatsuya Imai (27) is also a customer of Boras. The two players will go through the posting process at the same time to confirm the Major League team. The posting period is until January 3 next year. It is unlikely that the contract will be made by filling the 45th posting period due to the high interest of the clubs.

Boras is floating Imai by introducing him as a 'Super Ace' Yoshino Yamamoto. Even if Imai has won 10 games for three consecutive years so far this year, it seems too much to evaluate him as Yamamoto-class.




Yamamoto (27) won three consecutive multi-win, ERA, and strikeouts for the Orix Buffaloes from 2021 to 2023. For the third year in a row, he won the Pacific League MVP-Sawamura Award and went to the bigger stage. Joel Wolf, not Boras, drew an ultra-long-term contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an agent '12-$325 million'.

Okamoto and Imai will travel to the U.S. in early December with their family. Stay near LA, where Boras' office is located, and negotiate with major league clubs. Foreign media reported that the specific contract terms, such as contract period and amount, are
before and after the winter meeting in Orlando, Florida, in early December
It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
Okamoto joined the Yomiuri in 2015 with one nomination and recorded a total of 248 home runs. Photo source =Miuri Giants SNS
It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
The Japanese national team players are training at Tokyo Dome on the 14th. Orix left-hander Soichi will start. Photo Source = Japanese Baseball Organization website
expect to appear in.

The match against Korea will be held at Tokyo Dome from the 15th to the 16th. It became a kind of showcase that Okamoto presented for the last time before posting. Of course, Okamoto has already been evaluated as the best hitter in Japanese professional baseball. The power is good, but the strikeout rate is as low as 10%. The power heater has good contact and the defense on the first and third bases is also high-quality. Some U.S. media say Okamoto has a better hitting ability than Murakami Munetaka (25) who is called a 「Monster」. Okamoto contributed to the victory as the main hitter of the Japanese national baseball team in 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC).




The view of Okamoto, which has been checked by major league clubs, will not be shaken by two games against Korea and Japan, but it can instill confidence in the evaluation. The off-season friendly game has become a game that major league scouts watch with interest. In addition to Okamoto, there will be a number of players in the Korean and Japanese national teams that major league clubs check on a daily basis.

Joined the first draft pick in 2015. Okamoto played 11 seasons for the Yomiuri Giants, hitting '248 home runs' and topping the home run list three times. This year, he played only 69 games due to injury. He batted 0.327 (82 hits in 251 at-bats) with 15 home runs-49 RBIs and an OPS of 1.014. 소속 선수
It's better than Murakami. Two games against Korea, which became the last showcase, applied for posting on the 20th of Okamoto, No. 4 of the Japanese national team, and went to the U.S. with his family early next month
Okamoto (right) and Murakami, who played for Japan at the WBC in 2023. Photo source=Japan Baseball Organization homepage
Yomiuri, who refused to post, opened the door to Okamoto for the first time.

Japanese national team coach Hirokazu Ibata said he would use Okamoto as the fourth batter against Korea. Tokyo Dome, where the game will be held, is the home stadium of Yomiuri, where Okamoto raised his dream.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.