{"id":154441,"date":"2022-12-11T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/senga-mets-agree-on-5-year-75-million-contract-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:13:40","slug":"senga-mets-agree-on-5-year-75-million-contract-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/senga-mets-agree-on-5-year-75-million-contract-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Senga, Mets agree on 5-year, $75 million contract, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports”<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Right-hander Kodai Senga and the New York Mets agreed on a five-year, $75 million contract Saturday night, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN, confirming reports, adding the prized pitcher from Japan as part of a free agent spending frenzy that has rocketed the Mets’ payroll past previous records.<\/p>\n
Senga, 29, starred over 11 seasons with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball, going 104-51 with a 2.42 ERA in 1,340\u2154 innings over 275 starts. He’s armed with a fastball that has triple digits and a split-fingered fastball nicknamed “the Ghost Fork” for how it disappears before reaching the plate.<\/p>\n
He’ll help fill out a rotation bolstered by the free agents signings of American League Cy Young winner Justin Verlander and left-hander Jose Quintana, who will join incumbent ace Max Scherzer and right-hander Carlos Carrasco in one of the National League’s best starting staff.<\/p>\n