The Seattle Mariners might have a better pitch for the young Japanese phenom than originally thought according to Baseball America.
For the second year in a row, the most intriguing free agent pitcher on the open market will be coming over from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
If he's counted towards the 2025 pool, then the Seattle Mariners will be one of the teams with money available to go after the young Japanese phenom. Not mentioned in the pitch is Seattle's history in signing and developing talented Japanese players. Ichiro Suzuki will likely be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025 and see his number retired by the Mariners. Yusei Kikuchi started his career with the Mariners and reportedly has a lot of teams vying for his services in free agency. And Hisashi Iwakuma played six seasons in Seattle and for a lot of those years was the No. 2 starter behind franchise great Felix Hernandez.
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