Japanese Sugano to challenge MLB at 35 years old..."I'm interested in recruiting Angels"

Japanese Sugano to challenge MLB at 35 years old..."I'm interested in recruiting Angels"

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Japanese pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (35), who is seeking to advance to the Major League Baseball (MLB), is drawing attention from the Los Angeles Angels.

MLB.COM, the official website of MLB, reported Sugano's transfer status, citing MLB network John Morosi's report on the 20th (Korea time).

Currently, the Japanese pitcher who is drawing keen attention from MLB clubs is Rocky Sasaki (Chiba Lotte). After getting permission from his team to advance to the MLB after the season ended, Sasaki instantly became the biggest free agent pitcher of the MLB, and became a target for recruitment by multiple teams.
MLB.COM predicted, "Sasaki is not the only Japanese pitcher expected to enter the MLB this offseason," adding, "The 35-year-old Sugano does not have the highest level of speed like Sasaki, but he will receive the attention of many teams by winning the Sawamura Award twice, such as Japan's Cy Young Award."

Sugano, who played for the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Yomiuri Giants, won the Sawamura Award twice, and was also selected as the MVP of the Central League twice. 스포츠토토

In addition, he has been a representative pitcher of the NPB for a long time, including four times with the first ERA and eight times with the All-Star selection. In this year's regular season, he pitched 24 times and 156 ⅔ innings to win 15 games and posted an ERA of 1.67. He still maintains top-notch skills in the league at the age of mid-30s.

Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers)' former team, the Angels, is considered to be interested in Sugano.

Morosi appeared on a TV show and said, "The Angels are interested in Sugano." He compared Sugano to Hiroki Kuroda, a legendary pitcher for seven years in the MLB. Kuroda entered the MLB in his mid-30s and played for the Dodgers and New York Yankees for seven years (2008-2014).

Morosi predicted that the Angels could recruit Sugano to reinforce the starting pitcher as they ranked 28th (4.97) in the starting pitcher's ERA last season.