According to interviews with the people concerned, pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, who had been a free agent from the Major League Baseball Mariners, will be transferred to the Blue Jays.
American media reports that it will sign a new three-year contract.
Pitcher Kikuchi was selected for the first time in the All-Star Game last season with seven wins in the Mariners, his most in the Major League Baseball.
The three-year contract with the Mariners ended, and it became FA in November last year after the end of the season, but due to the difficulty in labor-management negotiations between the Major League Baseball Organization and the players' association, transfer negotiations could not be done, and transfer negotiations could not be done for more than 3 months. , The new affiliation was not decided.
According to people familiar with the matter, Kikuchi has decided to move to the Toronto-based Blue Jays in Canada, and the US media has signed a contract for a total of 36 million dollars for three years and about 4.22 billion yen in Japanese yen. I am telling you to tie.
In the Blue Jays, the left-handed pitcher Ray, who won the Cy Young Award, the best pitcher in the American League last season, has been transferred to the Mariners from this season, and Kikuchi is expected to play an active role as one of the starting pitchers.