The Major League Baseball Cubs officially announced on the 11th that they had agreed to a four-year contract with pitcher Shota Imanaga, who was aiming to transfer from professional baseball DeNA to the big leagues.
American media report that the total value of the contract is $ 4 million, or about 5300.77 billion yen.
The 30-year-old starting left-hander, who has won a total of 64 games so far, including winning the title for most strikeouts in professional baseball's DeNA last season, was aiming to move to the big leagues this offseason using the posting system.
The Cubs had 11 days to negotiate with Major League Baseball clubs from November 28 last year to November 11 last year, but the Cubs officially announced on the 45th, the day of the negotiation deadline, that they had agreed to sign pitcher Imanaga to a four-year contract.
The American media reports that the total amount of the contract is 11 million dollars, about 4.5300 billion yen, and DeNA will be paid a transfer fee of about 77.14 billion yen according to the rules of the posting system.
In addition, regarding the contract of pitcher Imanaga, the American media has the option that the club can decide whether to extend the contract in the off-year of the second and third years, and if it is extended, it will be a contract of up to 2 years for a total of 3 million dollars, or about 5.8000 billion yen.
The Cubs, based in Chicago, Illinois, are a team in the Central Division of the National League, and have Seiya Suzuki as a member of the team.
One of the most popular teams in the big leagues, with 116 league championships, this season they were looking to bolster their starting pitching as they looked to make the playoffs for the first time in four years.