Outfielder Masataka Yoshida and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a five-year deal that will be worth $90 million, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Wednesday.
The posting fee for the Orix Buffaloes will be in the $15.4 million range, bringing the total outlay for Yoshida to around $105.4 million.
Yoshida, 29, is an on-base machine who led Nippon Professional Baseball in OPS the last two seasons. His bat-to-ball skills are absolutely world-class: just 41 strikeouts in 508 plate appearances, with 80 walks. Only Luis Arraez had a lower strikeout rate in MLB last season.