The New York Yankees are reportedly among the teams expected to go after Tatsuya Imai, who was posted by the Seibu Lions under the NPB-MLB posting system.The Yankees are hot on the chase of several free agents and are already making some big offseason decisions. They are in on Cody Bellinger and they also relayed a $22.025 million qualifying offer to ageing outfielder Trent Grisham.Representing the Yankees fanbase, Jomboy said they would love for the Japanese star to sign with the Yankees, opening the floor for discussion between fans."They’d make the money back just from Japanese sponsors. Sign both Imai and Okomoto! Please stop the Dodgers from getting very good player from Japan already!" one fan commented."They just spent 22M on Grisham……Imai is not coming," another fan wrote."Sign a Japanese player" is how you end up with Kei Igawa. The Yankees need to sign the best players possible, whether they are Japanese or not. The problem with that approach is it tends to be expensive, and the Yankees have a profit margin to maintain," one fan wrote."Team hasn't been the same since Masa left. Still havent forgiven them for how they left him out to dry," one fan said."Get the Japanese Babe Ruth," one fan commented."Jomboy doesn’t have a fucking clue what kind of competitor Imai is. Doesn’t even know how many pitches he throws. Give me a break," one fan added.Yankees' FA interest in Tatsuya Imai's profileTatsuya Imai is over 25 and has enough NPB service time; therefore, he's not subject to MLB’s international bonus-pool restrictions.In 2025, Imai had a 1.92 ERA over 163+ innings with 178 Ks in 2025. He is known for his fastball, slider, changeup, splitter, and sinker.Imai has Scott Boras working as his agent on this transaction. Boras is known for striking great deals for his clients and even went on to say that Imai has done everything Dodgers World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto has done during his time with NPB.Boras also said that Imai wishes to be with a winning team and the Yankees satisfy that condition.