Year after year, an Asian standout makes it to Major League Baseball to try and replicate their dominance from their home markets in the U.S, and while they don’t always succeed, Asian baseball has provided some great stars throughout the course of history.
And, now that the deadline day for Japanese players is just around the corner, the rumors of Tomoyuki Sugano and the interest he’s getting from multiple <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb-t48464" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB</a> teams continue to grow by the second.
According to MLB.com’s Jon Morosi, the Japanese superstar is set to be one ofthe most sought-after players we’ve seen in the past years, with as much as 5 ballclubs looking to make a run at him.
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<h2>Mets, Padres, Blue Jays, Giants, And Red Sox Want To Sign Japenese Star Tomoyuki Sugano</h2>
“The deadline for Japanese pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano to sign is fast approaching, on Jan. 7, and the hurler still has at least five suitors, according to a report from MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi. The Blue Jays, Padres, Giants, Mets and <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/boston-red-sox-t114967" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Sox</a> are all still in pursuit of Sugano, who had a 1.97 ERA in 20 games for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball in 2020,” read the report.

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Tomoyuki Sugano’s Jan. 7 signing deadline is approaching, and I’m told multiple teams remain in pursuit: Blue Jays, Padres, Giants, Mets, Red Sox. <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLBNetwork</a>
 — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1343209069381902338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2020</a> </blockquote></div>
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Tomoyuki Sugano is a two-time winner of the Sawamura Award, which is the Japanese league’s equivalent to the CY Young Award. Moreover, most scouts view him as a mid-rotation kind of guy with the upside of being any team’s ace.
That’s why some executives believe that the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/new-york-mets-t110386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Mets</a> are set to be the most aggressive team looking to sign Sugano, as they’re looking to add more firepower to their rotation with Noah Syndergaard coming back from a Tommy John surgery.
Also, with Steve Cohen recently buying the team, they’re fully expected to make the most of the ‘Covid-19 discounts’ and bring in multiple stars to become an instant contender, according to Joel Sherman of The New York Post.

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The <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/new-york-yankees-t110370" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Yankees</a> are a mess right now. They just can’t seem to get the job done, their offense is on a slump and even when they get going, their bullpenthrows away the game. No lead is safe with the Pinstripers this<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/mlb-t48464" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB</a> seasonas they proved it yesterday vs. the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/toronto-blue-jays-t118490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toronto Blue Jays.</a>
The Yankees were up 6-2 until the bottom of the sixth. Then, they were thrashed for 10 runs, including a Grand Slam, to lose 12-7 anddrop their 4th straight game and seventhof their past10.
Then again, regardless of how poorly you’re faring, it’s not that common to see a team get 10 runs in one inning. Even by the laws of averages, odds, you name it, chances are that a team will get three outs beforethat.

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<h2>Adam Ottavino Insinuates The Blue Jays Could Be Stealing Signs</h2>
That’s why Yankees’ reliever Adam Ottavino – who was credited with the loss – hinted that the Blue Jays may have something on him. And while he was self-aware of his poor outing, he fueled a lot of controversies with his comments:

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“They had a great approach or knew what was coming”
 Adam Ottavino says it was “bizarre” that he and Chad Green could not get swing-and-misses against Toronto <a href="https://t.co/jedzfuOn3p">pic.twitter.com/jedzfuOn3p</a>
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“It’s just bizarre. I mean, myself and Greenedidn’t get any swings-and-misses that whole inning–you know, we’re both wellabove average swing-and-a-miss pitchersso we kind of relya lot on that, not pitching for contactand strike guys out. So not getting swings-and-a-misses is an indication of either my stuff wasn’t good — my location wasn’tgood or that they had something on me, you know, they had a great approach or knew what was coming. Any of that. But I don’t have any of those answers right now. All I know is that I didn’t get it done and I gotta go back and look inside myself and figure out what to do next,” Ottavino said.
 
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Obviously, Ottavino doesn’t have any proof to back down his statementand the truth is that the Yankees are far from a good team right now. But still, 10 runs in one inning will always raise an eyebrow or two.

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