Report: Giants Among Teams Evaluating NPB Ace Sugano originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Giants have their eyes on one of Japan’s best pitchers.
San Francisco is one of the MLB teams evaluating longtime Japanese professional baseball league ace Tomoyuki Sugano, who is expected to sign with a major league team this winter, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported Friday.
Image of Tomoyuki Sugano on a wall of Yomiuri Giants legends at Tokyo Dome. THE @MLB The team of the same name – the San Francisco Giants – is among the teams evaluating Sugano, 35, now that he has worldwide free agency rights this offseason. @MLBNetwork pic.twitter.com/kPOxxDtmX5
– Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 23, 2024
Sugano, 35, pitched 12 seasons for the Yomiuri Giants in NPB, where he posted a career record of 136-74 with a 2.43 ERA in 1,857 innings pitched while striking out 1,585 batters .
Throughout his career with the NPB Giants, Sugano was named an All-Star eight times, won two Central League MVPs and two Eiji Sawamura Award — the NPB equivalent of the Cy Young Award.
Sugano, with over nine years of service in NPB, is not subject to the posting system rule and is free to sign with any MLB team this offseason.
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