Major League Blue Jays announces pitcher participation in Yamaguchi 2-year contract December 29 9:46

Pitcher Shun Yamaguchi, who was aiming to enter the major league from professional baseball and giants, signed a two-year contract with Blue Jays.

This was officially announced by Blue Jays on the 28th.

This season, pitcher pitched 26 games with a giant this season, won 15 wins and won the most wins, and also won the title with the most strikeouts and the highest win rate, and took a major league challenge using the posting system off the season Has announced.

Although the deadline for negotiations between Yamaguchi and Major League Baseball was until next month, Japan time, pitcher Yamaguchi signed a two-year contract with Blue Jays.

The contract is worth $ 6.35 million in two years, or about 690 million yen in Japanese yen.

Blue Jays belongs to the eastern part of the American League, and is in the same district as the Yankees played by pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and the Rays joined by Yoshitomo Tsutsuka.

It is home to 30 major league teams, not the United States, but Toronto, Canada.

This season's result was 67 wins and 95 losses, finishing fourth in the Eastern Region, and raising the pitcher's power was one of the issues.

In the transfer negotiations, pitcher Yamaguchi made the transfer negotiations with the priority condition of throwing first in the major league, and demonstrated his ability in camps and open games starting in Florida from mid-February next year, It will be noted if you can enter the frame.

Blue Jays

Blue Jays is a baseball team based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 1977 and belongs to the Eastern Region of the American League.

It is the only Canadian team in the Major League and has won the American League and won the World Series for two consecutive years since 1992.

He has won six times in the eastern area, and recently entered the playoffs with a wildcard second place in the eastern area in the 2016 season.

This season's record was 67 wins and 95 losses, falling to fourth place in the eastern region for the third consecutive year.

To date, Japanese players such as Tomoya Oya and Munenori Kawasaki have played in Blue Jays.