Jeff Passan of ESPN did a great breakdown of the upcoming free agent class, including international players who could end up being available this offseason. Which of those NPB free agents could be a fit for the Mets? Teruaki Sato, 1B/3B Teruaki Sato is the most well-known hitter out of the NPB expected to be available this offseason. He currently is listed as a third baseman, but in the majors...
Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Mets have scouted NPB slugger Teruaki Sato. Sato, who plays for the Hanshin Tigers, is currently slashing .318/.404/.622/1.026 with 27 home runs, 76 RBIs and 76 runs in 103 games. Yakyu Cosmopolitan has limited data for Sato in their app, but from what we can see he struggles to make consistent contact, has a high degree of chase and swing and miss, and...
Japanese first baseman Munetaka Murakami has reportedly signed with the Chicago White Sox. First reported by Japan’s MLB.com outlet, Murakami is signing for two years and $34 million. ESPN’s Jeff Passan confirmed that Murakami will be playing first base for the rebuilding White Sox. Murakami has put up sensational numbers in the Japanese league. Across eight NPB seasons he has...
Shohei Ohtani. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Roki Sasaki. This isn’t just a list of Dodgers players, but recent marquee Japanese players who came over after playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Before these players, there was never a real overseas class of players from Japan who might be posted during the offseason, until now. Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto headline a...
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...
