Major League Baseball Padres pitcher Yu Darvish has agreed to sign a new six-year contract with the team, multiple media outlets in the United States reported.
It will be an unusual long-term contract until the 2028 season when he turns 42.
Pitcher Darvish signed a six-year contract with the Cubs in 2018, and has been taken over after being traded to the Padres, and this season is the final year of the contract.
Under these circumstances, multiple American media such as ESPN reported on the 9th that Darvish had agreed to sign a new six-year contract with the Padres for an annual salary of $ 18 million.
The contract runs from this season until the 2028 season when Darvish turns 42, and the total amount is $ 108 million, or about 14.1 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Pitcher Darvish is currently 36 years old, and it is unusual even in the major leagues to sign a new six-year contract until the season when he turns 42.
Last season, Darvish made a major contribution to the team's playoffs by scoring 16 wins, lining up with his own record in the major leagues.