Tomoyuki Sugano

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 25, 2021

Tigers' Haruto Takahashi wins duel against Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano

by Jason Coskrey

Takahashi struck out 13 while allowing five hits and a walk over the distance.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Jun 7, 2021

Tomoyuki Sugano and Seiya Suzuki return to action as Olympics draw near

A few hours after the United States national baseball team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, two players expected to be key members of Samurai Japan's Olympic effort returned to the field in NPB. Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and Hiroshima Carp outfielder Seiya Suzuki might ...

Japanese Baseball Jan 15, 2021

Tomoyuki Sugano signs record-high contract with Giants

One week after rejecting a big-league contract, ace right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants on a one-year deal reported as the highest in Japanese baseball history. Tomoyuki Sugano speaks to reporters after signing a reported ¥800 million, one-year contract with the Giants on ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 11, 2021

Frustrated Tomoyuki Sugano aims high for 2021 after failed bid to land MLB deal

Speaking to reporters online, the 31-year-old Sugano expressed some frustration with the conditions under which he was forced to negotiate.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jan 9, 2021

Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano's MLB aspirations

by Jason Coskrey

Given a market where he apparently didn't get a deal he liked and an offseason changed by the coronavirus, it's not hard to see why Sugano chose another year with the Kyojin.

Japanese Baseball Jan 8, 2021

Tomoyuki Sugano fails to find MLB team, will return to Giants

The two-time Sawamura Award winner has been offered a four-year contract by Yomiuri that he will have the right to unilaterally terminate.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 17, 2020

Tomoyuki Sugano and Yuki Yanagita win MVP honors in NPB

by Jason Coskrey

The Giants ace and Hawks slugger each won the award for the second time.

Japanese Baseball Dec 8, 2020

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano made available to MLB teams

The two-time Sawamura Award winner is the fourth Japanese player to be posted this offseason and perhaps the biggest prize, with the Yankees and Red Sox reportedly interested.

Japanese Baseball Dec 4, 2020

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano asks club to post him to majors

Once posted, the two-time Sawamura Award winner will have thirty days to find an MLB club willing to offer a contract or he will return to Yomiuri for the 2021 season.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 3, 2020

Fighters make Haruki Nishikawa available to MLB clubs through posting system

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Thursday that center fielder Haruki Nishikawa has been made available for major league clubs through the posting system. Once MLB has informed its 30 teams of Nishikawa's availability, they will have 30 days to reach an agreement with him. ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 26, 2020

Giants to allow ace Tomoyuki Sugano to move to MLB via posting system

According to the source, the 31-year-old Sugano will sit down and formally discuss the possibility of a move to the United States with Giants officials in the coming days.