Most recent players from NPB to sign big MLB deals compared to the most similar player/contract in the same free agent class:
Kazuma Okamoto (4/$60m): 5 WAR pace
Josh Naylor (5/$92.5m): 0 WAR pace
Munetaka Murakami (2/$34m): 156 wRC+
Jorge Polanco (2/$40m): 53 wRC+, injured
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12/$325m): 2.72 ERA, All-MLB First Team
Aaron Nola (7/$172m): 4.43 ERA
Shota Imanaga (4/$53m): 365 IP, 3.15 ERA
Jordan Hicks (4/$44m): 191 IP, 5.07 ERA, traded twice
Kodai Senga (5/$75m): 3.39 ERA, 1x All Star
Taijuan Walker (4/$72m): 5.12 ERA, released
Masataka Yoshida (5/$90m): 109 wRC+ with no glove, good hitter but this was a bad deal at the time too.
Andrew Benintendi (5/$75m): negative WAR player since this deal.
Seiya Suzuki (5/$85m): 129 wRC+, 12+ WAR
Nick Castellanos (5/$100m): 98 wRC+, 0 WAR, released
(Left out Tatsuya Imai for now.)
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