Yomiuri Giants lefty Kimiyasu Kudo, who turned 40 in May, will be given a 20 million yen pay cut, the Central League club said Monday.
Kimiyasu Kudo of the Yomiuri Giants re-signed for 280 million yen for the 2004 season, marking a 20 million yen cut from his salary for 2003.
Kudo, who will return for a 23rd season in 2004 -- the longest in Japanese pro baseball -- re-signed for an annual salary of 280 million yen but was nonetheless content after a season plagued by injuries this year.