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Proper-handed pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano and the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract, in keeping with ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Sugano received the Central League MVP final season, establishing himself as among the finest in Nippon Skilled Baseball with a 1.67 ERA, three full video games and one shutout.
Sugano walked 16 batters and struck out 111 over 156.2 innings, ending with a 15-3 report for the Yomiuri Giants.
It was reported that the 35-year-old was receiving curiosity from groups just like the Los Angeles Angels and San Francisco Giants in late November, in keeping with MLB Community Insider Jon Paul Morosi.
The 2-time Sawamura Award winner—the Japanese equal of the Cy Younger Award—has spent 12 seasons within the NPB earlier than his pending transfer to MLB this yr.
Sugano almost made his Main League debut in 2020 after the Yomiuri Giants posted him in December of that yr, in keeping with Passan.
Baltimore was lively in pursuing free-agent pitchers this offseason as they have been seeking to construct round beginning pitcher Corbin Burnes and right-handers getting back from damage, Kyle Bradish and Tyler Wells.
With the addition of Sugano’s deal and outfielder Tyler O’Neil’s three-year, $49.5 million contract, the Orioles’ payroll is estimated to be round $110 million, in keeping with Passan.