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, Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga officially got his posting request approved by the DeNA Baystars of Nippon Professional Baseball, meaning he will be allowed to sign with an MLB team this winter. The 30-year-old lefty has a career 2.96 ERA across eight seasons in Japan and figures to be in for a big pay day. MLB Trade Rumors predicts that he will sign a...
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...
Good morning, Mets fans! A day after it was reported the Giants were pursuing righty Chris Bassitt, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the team is in fact not going after the 33-year-old. Bassitt pitched for San Francisco’s Bay Area rivals, the A’s, for six years before getting shipped to the Mets this past spring. Bassitt threw a career-high 181 2/3 innings...
The New York Mets and Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga are in agreement on a contract, says SNY’s Andy Martino. The contract is pending a physical. Martino reports it’s a five-year deal worth $75 million. Senga, 29, has spent his entire career in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball as a member of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and now turns stateside as a member of the Mets. Senga has...
Despite signing star ace Justin Verlander to a two-year, $86 million contract earlier on Monday, the New York Mets are still expressing interest in free agent starter Kodai Senga. Per Jon Morosi of the MLB Network, the Mets aren’t content with signing one of the best pitchers available this winter and a surefire future Hall of Famer in Verlander. Instead, the front office are still chasing...
November 15, 2022, 10:50 A.M. SNY’s Andy Martino reports the Mets are “forging ahead” with their pursuit of Kodai Senga, the 29-year-old NPB pitching star. He said Senga is in the United States meeting with teams, and the Mets will meet with him. Just today, MMO dissected Senga as a free agent. November 6, 2022, 1:30 P.M. Per Jon Morosi of MLB Network, among others, 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...
With the New York Mets looking to add an impact arm to their starting rotation this offseason, they’ll need to explore every single option available to them, which should include searching through the international market. While the Mets haven’t shied away from signing Japanese-born pitchers in the past, they haven’t enjoyed much success in that department in recent years, as...
