The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a five-year, $85 million contract with star Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.
Suzuki met with the Cubs front office and team chairman Tom Ricketts on Monday night before agreeing to the deal, the source said.
It's the highest salary for a Japanese position player coming to Major League Baseball and the second largest behind Masahiro Tanaka's $155 million contract with the New York Yankees.
The 27-year-old Suzuki joins the Cubs after playing nine seasons for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Nippon Professional Baseball.