Pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura, who was aiming to enter the major leagues from professional baseball Lotte, signed a two-year contract with the Red Sox.
This was announced by the Red Sox on the 16th.
According to this, Pitcher Sawamura has a two-year contract with the Red Sox, and in the third year both the team and Pitcher Sawamura can choose whether to continue the contract.
The 32-year-old pitcher Sawamura joined the Giants in 1st place in the draft, and in 2011, the first year, he won 11 wins and became the rookie king, and in 2016 he won the title with the most saves.
Since transferring to Lotte in the middle of last season, he has pitched 22 games and left a record of 1.71 ERA, and when he is off, he exercises the rights of FA = free agent who can transfer overseas and multiple baseball teams in the major leagues. I was negotiating with.
Regarding pitcher Sawamura's contract, several US media have reported that the total amount for two years is 3 million dollars and about 316 million yen in Japanese yen, and the total amount for three years is about 800 million yen including options and trading volume. about it.
The Red Sox is one of the most popular baseball teams in the major leagues, where many Japanese players such as pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara played an active part, but they have missed the playoffs in the last two seasons, and last season they were at the bottom of the eastern American League. did.
The Red Sox camp will begin in Florida on the 18th of this month (February).