The countdown for Munetaka Murakami 's move to the Majors is officially underway.

All 30 Major League clubs will be informed on Friday that Murakami has been posted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, with his official negotiating window set to open on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. ET.

Murakami will have until 5:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 22 to agree to a deal with a big league team. If he is still unsigned at that point, his posting window will expire and he will return to the Swallows.

Murakami’s move to the Majors has been in the works for months. Last December, it was reported that the 2025 season would be his last in Nippon Professional Baseball, while Yakult team president and acting owner Tetsuya Hayashida told multiple Japanese media outlets in June that the club was “willing” to post the t

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