The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with Yoshitomo Tsutsugo who was made available to major league teams through the posting system by the Yokohama BayStars.
The Rays, who will pay a 20 percent release fee of approximately $2.4 million to Tsutsugo's former club, said Monday on their website the 28-year-old slugger will be introduced in a press conference at Tropicana Field on Tuesday.
"I will do my best to demonstrate in the major leagues all the achievements I've earned in my 10 years with the DeNA Baystars," Tsutsugo said in a statement.