Between infielders Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto, as well as pitchers Tatsuya Imai and Kona Takahashi, this is a big winter for free agents from Japan. We asked MLB Insider Mark Feinsand to break down the market for the quartet.

1. Murakami and Okamoto are both corner-infield bats with significant power and some defensive question marks. They also have plenty of differences, though. Do you expect a similar group of teams to be interested in both?

I’m sure there will be some teams interested in both players, but Murakami and Okamoto definitely have some differences that could impact the types of teams that pursue them.

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Okamoto, who is entering his age-30 season, is more of a finished product according to some talent evaluators who have seen both sluggers play,

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