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Yoshi Tsutsugo
In late 2019, the Tampa Bay Rays reached an agreement to sign Japanese slugger Yoshi Tsutsugo to a two-year, $12 million contract after paying a $2.4 million posting fee to the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The then-28-year-old outfielder had earned five straight [league redacted] All-Star selections for Yokohama starting in 2015. He made his debut for the Central League club at the age of 18 and developed into one of Japanese baseball's top power threats. He joined Tampa Bay coming off a 2019 campaign where he posted a .272/.388/.511 triple-slash line with 29 home runs across 131 games. Overall, he had then recorded 185 homers over six years in the ***, including a career-high 44 longballs in 2016.
In 2021 he was traded to the Dodgers. Upon his release, the rebuilding Pirates took a chance on him, and he hit .268 with 8 HR in 43 games. The Bucs resigned him for the '22 season.
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