巨人の菅野がメジャー挑戦表明　海外ＦＡ権行使へ

　プロ野球巨人の菅野智之投手（３４）が５日、東京ドームで取材に応じ、今オフに海外フリーエージェント（ＦＡ）権を行使して米大リーグ移籍を目指すと表明した。「球団には自分の意向を伝えさせてもらった。向こうでプレーするという気持ちでいる」と話した。２０２０年シーズン終了後にポスティングシステムを利用してメジャー移籍を目指したが、契約合意に至らなかった経緯があり、再挑戦となる。
　本格派右腕の菅野は、神奈川・東海大相模高から東海大を経て、ドラフト１位で１３年に巨人入り。昨季まで３度のセ・リーグ最多勝、２度の沢村賞に輝いた。今季は１５勝３敗、防御率１．６７の好成績をマークし、巨人の４年ぶりのリーグ制覇に貢献した。（2024/10/05-12:28）

Japanese professional baseball pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano said Saturday that he will seek to join a U.S. Major League Baseball team as an international free agent this offseason.
   "I have told the team of my intention," said the 34-year-old right-hander of the Yomiuri Giants, a team in the Central League of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB. "I want to play over there."
   It is his second attempt to join the majors, after he failed to reach a deal with an MLB team in his first bid using the posting system after the end of the 2020 season.
   The Japanese baseball star played for Tokai University Sagami Senior High School and Tokai University before joining the Giants as the team's number one draft pick for 2012. Through last year, he became the Central League's season wins leader three times, 2017, 2018 and 2020, and won the Eiji Sawamura Award for the NPB's best starting pitcher twice, in 2017 and 2018.
   In the 2024 season, Sugano went 15-3 with a 1.67 ERA, helping the Giants win the Central League pennant for the first time in four years. In his 12-year career in the NPB, he notched 136 wins with 74 losses, scoring a 2.43 ERA. He was ERA leader in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.