The Tigers and right-hander Kenta Maeda have agreed to a two-year contract, ac
cording to Jon Heyman of the New York Post (X link). ESPN’s Jeff Passan repo
rts that Maeda will earn $24MM in guaranteed money, and Evan Petzold of the De
troit Free Press writes that the deal will be official Monday should Maeda pas
s a physical. Maeda is represented by the Boras Corporation.
老虎正式以兩年24M 到全額保障合約簽下了日籍投手前田健太。
Reports emerged earlier this week linking Maeda and the Tigers, though the Twi
ns (Maeda’s former team) maintained interest. Minnesota will now have to dea
l with Maeda as an opponent on a division rival, as Maeda will join the third
team of his Major League career.
之前有報導說老虎對前田有興趣，不過前田健太的母隊雙城也對他有興趣，最後前田還是
前往同區的老虎。這也是繼道奇跟雙城之後，前田的第三支大聯盟球隊。
來源：https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/tigers-to-sign-kenta-maeda.html
心得：好爽，老虎好久沒有日本投手了。