The Orioles announced the signing of former NPB star Tomoyuki Sugano to a one-year contract. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that the right-hander is guaranteed $13MM. Baltimore had an opening on the 40-man roster, so no additional move was necessary. Sugano is represented by VC Sports Group.
Sugano makes the jump to Major League Baseball for the first time in what’ll be his age-35 season. He’s one of Japan’s most accomplished pitchers. The 6’1″ right-hander spent 12 years with the Yomiuri Giants in his home country. He posted a 2.43 earned run average in more than 1800 innings at the NPB level.
Major league scouts have naturally followed Sugano for some time. He first appeared on many fans’ radars when the Yomiuri Giants made him available via the posting system during the 2020-21 offseason. Sugano was coming off a 1.97 ERA showing in his age-30 season at the time. While he certainly attracted attention from big league clubs that offseason, he didn’t find a deal that compelled him to leave Japan. Instead, Sugano returned to the Giants on a four-year deal that paid him $40MM.
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