Tatsuya Imai is coming to Major League Baseball.
The Japanese right-hander agreed to a deal with the Houston Astros, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Imai's deal is for three years and includes opt-outs after every season, a source told The Athletic's Chandler Rome.
The 27-year-old's contract is worth a maximum of $63 million and starts at $18 million per year with the opportunity to rise to $21 million based on innings pitched, Rome reports, citing a source.
His pact is similar in annual average value to the two-year, $34-million deal his countryman Munetaka Murakami signed with the Chicago White Sox on Dec. 21. Imai's deal has the third-highest AAV for any Japanese pitcher behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Masahiro Tanaka, according to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.