The are folks that suggest after Trevor Bauer, the best free agent pitcher available is not Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton. or Jake Ordorizzi. They believe it to be Japanese phenom Tomoyuki Sugano. The Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball formally posted Sugano earlier in December, and major league teams have until January 7th to sign him.
BREAKING: RHP Tomoyuki Sugano has been posted by the Yomiuri Giants, effective at 8 a.m. ET Tuesday. Deadline to complete terms of an agreement is 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 7. @MLBNetwork @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) December 7, 2020
American audiences got a taste of what Sugano could do during the 2017 World Baseball Classic.