Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the New York Mets are in the running for Yomiuri Giants superstar Tomoyuki Sugano.
One executive told Sherman, “Watch the Mets on this. I think they have as good a chance as anyone.”
Sugano is a perfect target for the New York Mets. He’s been an elite pitcher in Japan since 2013. He’s won two Sawamura awards, the NPB’s Cy Young award. His career ERA is just 2.32. Had Sugano come over to America a few years ago he would have been in the same category as Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka.