Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki will be available for MLB teams this winter and the Yankees are poised to pursue the ace.

That would be Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, who will be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines, his Nippon Professional Baseball team, this winter. Every major league club should try to woo the 23-year-old, as his age subjects him to MLB’s international amateur signing bonus pool rules. That means there’s a cap on the contract he can sign.

The New York Yankees are among the teams that have expressed interest in signing Japanese ace Roki Sasaki this offseason, according to MLB.com's Bryan