{"id":466451,"date":"2026-02-10T19:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:33:07","slug":"colorado-rockies-sign-veteran-righty-tomoyuki-sugano-to-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466451\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies sign veteran righty Tomoyuki Sugano to one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/tomoyuki-sugano\/727370\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/tomoyuki-sugano\/727370\" target=\"_blank\">Tomoyuki Sugano<\/a> is headed to Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MLB.com\u2019s Thomas Harding reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/colorado-rockies\/251\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/colorado-rockies\/251\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> have signed the veteran righty to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Rockies<\/a> have reached a one-year agreement with veteran righty starter Tomoyuki Sugano (10-10, 4.64 ERA with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Orioles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Orioles<\/a> last season after 12 seasons in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harding_at_mlb\/status\/2021271787179245719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 36-year-old native of Kanagawa, Japan, Sugano made his big league debut in 2025, signing a one-year pact with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. He made 30 starts for the team, going 10-10 with a 4.64 earned run average and WHIP of 1.331 over 157.0 innings pitched. He struck out 106 batters and walked 36.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prior to joining the Orioles, Sugano had spent the entirety of his 12-year NPB career with the Yomiuri Giants, where he was an eight-time All-Star, two-time Sawamura Award winner and three-time Central League Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sugano joins a Rockies staff that also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/kyle-freeland\/599746\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/kyle-freeland\/599746\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Freeland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/michael-lorenzen\/548385\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/michael-lorenzen\/548385\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Lorenzen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/chase-dollander\/1452070\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/chase-dollander\/1452070\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Dollander<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ryan-feltner\/875811\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ryan-feltner\/875811\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Feltner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tomoyuki Sugano is headed to Denver. 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