NEW YORK – Japanese star pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano has been posted by the Yomiuri Giants and is available for bidding to major league teams.The bidding starts at 8 a.m.
EST Tuesday and runs through 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 7.A right-hander who turned 31 on Oct. 11, Sugano was 14-2 with a 1.97 ERA and three shutouts in 20 games last season, striking out 131 and walking 25 in 137 1/3 innings while allowing 97 hits.
He is 101-49 with a 2.32 ERA over eight seasons in Japan.Sugano started for Japan against the United States in the semifinal of the 2017 World Baseball Classic.