Tsutsuka Major League Raise official contract with jersey number "25" To the 18th conference December 17 10:29
Yoshitomo Tsutsuka, who was aiming to transfer from professional baseball / DeNA to the Major League Baseball team, signed a two-year contract with Raise, and his number was decided to be “25”. Tsutsuka is scheduled to join the conference on the 18th of Japan time.
This was announced by Rays on the 16th.
Tsutsuka who was hitting 205 home runs in professional baseball was aiming to enter the big league using the posting system, but on the 13th raises and a total of 12 million dollars = about 1.3 billion yen in Japanese yen A two-year contract was agreed.
According to the officials, Tsutsuka officially signed a contract after being inspected by the team on the 16th.
The spine number was decided to be “25”, which was assigned by DeNA.
Rays is planning to appoint Tsutsuka as an outfielder and a third.
Tsutsuka is scheduled to join the conference on the 17th and the 18th of Japan time.