Japanese ace Imai wants to ‘take down’ Dodgers. Could he do it with SF Giants?

The Los Angeles Dodgers have formed a conglomerate of Japanese talent. Shohei Ohtani is a three-time MVP. Yoshinobu Yamamoto just won World Series MVP. Roki Sasaki endured a rocky start but still possesses high-end talent.

Tatsuya Imai has no intention of joining them in Los Angeles. He doesn’t want to join the Dodgers’ dynasty.

He wants to destroy it.

“Of course, I’d enjoy playing alongside Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Sasaki, but winning against a team like that and becoming a world champion would be the most valuable thing in my life,” Imai told former major-leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka on the show “Hodo Station.” “If anything, I’d rather take them down.”

That competitive fire should resonate with a certain president of baseball operations.

Back in October, Buster Posey has expressed his dis