My introduction

In January 11th, I saw a news on Twitter. The headline of this news was “Twins Re-Sign Carlos Correa". He has agreed to a new six-year, $200MM contract with the Twins, which does not have any opt-outs, though he will receive a full no-trade clause. In last December 13th, San Francisco Giants was agreement with him on a 13-year, $350MM contract, however this contract went bankrupt due to the condition of his right ankle. After that, In December 21th, he has agreed to join the Mets for a 12-year, $315MM contract. However, after a few days, When he underwent physical check, the Mets hired a doctor, who was the same as the San Francisco hired. Of course, the Mets also had concern about his ankle, and the Mets began to find out a compromise of the contract. But Scott Boras, who is a agent of Correa, got angry about why the Mets hired the doctor same as the San Francisco, so the formal decision ran into difficulties. In addition, the Twins joined the scramble, as a result, the last offe...

 In January 11, The Athletics have agreed to a one-year contract with right-hander Shintaro Fujinami, according to ESPN's Jeff passan. He was posted by the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball on December 1 last year. He was the same class as Shohei Ohtani and stepping from high school ball into the Tigers' rotation and pitching to a 2.75 ERA in 137 2/3 innings as a 19-year old rookie starter. After the rookie season, he kept up the great performance for 3 seasons. As a result, he bacame a young ace of the Tigers. However, he struggled from 2017 to 2021 season due to control issue. Although, the 2022 season, he made 10 starts and six appearances with Tigers, pitching to a 3.38 ERA in 66 2/3 innings. In addition, his walk rate turned 7.6%, which was the first time since 2016 he is posted a walk rate under 10%. A lot of japanese baseball fans expect that he will not be active in MLB, however I think that "how many starters can pitch over 100 mph fastball and split ...