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Right-handed starter Tomoyuki Sugano, a two-time Sawamura Award winner (roughly Japan's version of the Cy Young), has opted-in to his contract for the 2022 season with the Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Profe sional Baseball league, .Sugano was Tyrel Dodson Jersey "posted" by Yomiuri last offseason for the consideration of Major League Baseball teams. Various clubs showed interest in him, including the , , , and . Micah Hyde Jersey Yet Sugano's 30-day posting window came and went without him reaching an agreement with any team. He subsequently returned to the Yomiuri rotation as part of a multi-year deal that contains opt-outs each winter if he wants to pursue a job in the majors.Sugano's decision to stay in Japan was made easier by recent developments in . MLB's owners recently enacted a lockout, the league's first work stoppage since 1994-95. Teams are not able to sign players under the lockout, leaving Sugano in the cold. Earlier this week, fellow NPB star Masahiro Tanaka . Sugano, 32 years old, has posted a career 2.41 ERA Buffalo Bills Golf Sporting Goods and a 4.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio over parts of nine NPB seasons. Most recently, he compiled a 3.16 ERA and a 3.96 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 20 appearances this past season. :(His) slider is perhaps the best in Japan and he can control it Jack Kemp Jersey to both sides of the plate. It's a devastating offering when he buries it inside against left-handed hitters. Sugano's velocity was slightly up in 2020 and he also induced more swinging strikes. He upped his splitter usage and also threw a cutter, curveball and shuuto. His control was as strong as ever.Sugano and Tanaka aren't the only NPB players with MLB ties impacted by the lockout. Outfielder Seiya Suzuki, posted by his club in Buffalo Bills Women Jersey late November, . Meanwhile, longtime big-league infielder was reportedly nearing an agreement to join the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as of Saturday, .