Star Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki is reportedly expected to be posted at next week's Major League Baseball winter meetings.

According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, that will then open a 45-day window for MLB teams to sign him, and he can make a final decision once the international amateur signing period opens on Jan. 15.

The 23-year-old Sasaki was a two-time All-Star during his four seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball. He pitched a perfect game in 2022 and holds the NBP single-game record with 19 strikeouts.

Due to his age, Sasaki cannot sign a contract similar to the 12-year, $325 million deal Yoshinobu Yamamoto inked with he Los Angeles Dodgers last offseason.

Anyone under the age of 25 must sign as an international free agent, and the teams with the highest international bonus pools currently only boast around $7.5 million, per Passan.

That means whichever team lands Sasaki will be getting a potential ace for a fraction of the price of what a front-line starter would normally cost.

For his NPB career, Sasaki is 29-15 with a 2.10 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 505 strikeouts over 394.2 innings pitched.

Passan noted that his fastball touches 100 mph, plus he has an elite splitter capable of befuddling hitters with regularity.

Sasaki will undoubtedly have a ton of suitors, although it is believed that the Dodgers are the odds-on favorites to land him due to the presence of Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, who were teammates with Sasaki for Japan's World Baseball Classic championship team in 2023.

Jon Heyman of the New York Post confirmed that the Dodgers are the favorites, but he also named the San Diego Padres as a potential landing spot.

Per Passan, the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants are among the teams expected to be in the mix as well.

Should the Dodgers land Sasaki, it would mark their second huge starting pitching addition this offseason along with Blake Snell.

They would join a rotation that already included Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow, and they would also further solidify the Dodgers' status as the clear favorites to repeat as World Series champions.