Dallas Keuchel, the 2015 AL Cy Young winner, spent the final two-plus months of this past season as a Chiba Lotte Marines teammate of Roki Sasaki and left believing: “The overview is incredible. There is nothing he can’t do.”

The Marines announced on Saturday that Sasaki, who turned 23 last week, will be posted this offseason. Because he is under 25, Sasaki will not be an unrestricted free agent, as was Yoshinobu Yamamoto last year en route to signing a pitcher-record $325 million contract over 12 years. Instead, Sasaki’s move to the U.S. will mirror Shohei Ohtani’s, following the 2017 season, when he could sign only a minor league contract and receive a bonus from a team’s international bonus pool.