Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, it was announced that Roki Sasaki, the 22-year-old Japanese superstar pitcher, agreed to a contract with his current Pacific League team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, for the 2024 season. There have been rumors in the past that Sasaki was interested in being posted for MLB teams as soon as possible, but his current team might be interested in holding on to him...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto Position: SP Age: 25 (08/17/1998) Tradition Stats (NPB): 23 G, 164 IP, 16-6, 1.21 ERA, 0.884 WHIP, 169 SO, 28 BB Rundown Yoshinobu Yamamoto posted one of, if not the best, statistical seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball history as a starting pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes in 2023. He ended his season with a dominant complete game in the Japan Series where he led Orix to a...
Good morning Mets fans! On Friday, new Met Kodai Senga admitted feelings of frustration that he felt with his former club in an Instagram Live. Senga, who spent a decade with the SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball, explained that he asked to be posted to Major League Baseball by the club “for the past five or six years.” What frustrated Senga wasn’t that the team...
The New York Mets and right-handed pitcher Kodai Senga agreed on a five-year, $75 million deal that sends him from Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball. Senga, 29, wasn’t posted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and triggered an opt-out in his contract to become a free agent. He was therefore not subject to the MLB-NPB posting system. The system has brought many Japanese...
Starting pitching reinforcements may soon be on the way for the New York Mets. According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, who has confirmed a report from Japanese news outlet Sports Hochi earlier today, Tomoyuki Sugano has arrived in the United States. Morosi adds that the Mets, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays are the three teams in competition to sign him. The posting system deadline to...
