Report: Mets to sign Shintaro Fujinami to one year deal

 

Shintaro Fujinami

According to Jon Heyman on Twitter, the New York Mets have signed Shintaro Fujinami to a one year, $3.35M contract with $850K in incentives.  

Shintaro, 29 - turning 30 in April, is a hard thrower who averages 98 MPH with his fastball and has reached over 100 MPH.  

Signed out of Japan last off season by the A's, he was traded to the Orioles in July.  He appeared in 64 games last year - 7 as a starter.  His combined line - 7 wins, 8 losses, with a 7.18 ERA, 64 games, 79 innings, 73 hits, 45 walks - 1.494 WHIP.

With the Mets not having any pitcher hit 100 MPH last year, the Mets have added a flamethrower in addition to getting back a healthy Edwin Diaz. 

According to FanGraphs, he has all 3 minor league options remaining.

Shintaro Fujinami's stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	19	-9.4	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		10	6	.625	2.75	3.14	24	23	0	0	0	0	137.2	119	48	42	10	44	0	126	2	0	8	563	1.184	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.2	2.86
2014	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		12	8	.600	3.44	4.29	26	25	0	2	0	0	170.0	153	81	65	7	66	0	182	11	0	6	730	1.288	8.1	0.4	3.5	9.6	2.76
2014	20	-8.4	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		11	8	.579	3.53	4.36	25	25	0	2	0	0	163.0	150	79	64	6	64	0	172	11	0	6	704	1.313	8.3	0.3	3.5	9.5	2.69
2014	20	-7.2	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	1.29	2.57	1			0	0	0	7.0	3	2	1	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	26	0.714	3.9	1.3	2.6	12.9	5.00
2015	21	-7.5	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		14	7	.667	2.40	3.17	28	28	0	7	4	0	199.0	162	70	53	9	82	0	221	11	0	9	840	1.226	7.3	0.4	3.7	10.0	2.70
2016	22	-6.0	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		7	11	.389	3.25	4.15	26			2	1	0	169.0	152	78	61	11	70	0	176	8	1	6	734	1.314	8.1	0.6	3.7	9.4	2.51
2017	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	7	.563	3.38	3.98	26	11	0	0	0	0	120.0	103	53	45	9	76	0	118	11	0	10	534	1.492	7.7	0.7	5.7	8.9	1.55
2017	23	-3.2	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		6	2	.750	2.66	3.39	15			0	0	0	61.0	50	23	18	4	31	0	77	3	0	5	263	1.328	7.4	0.6	4.6	11.4	2.48
2017	23	-4.7	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		3	5	.375	4.12	4.58	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	53	30	27	5	45	0	41	8	0	5	271	1.661	8.1	0.8	6.9	6.3	0.91
2018	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	4	.692	3.36	3.69	25			1	1	0	134.0	117	55	50	6	70	0	130	5	0	10	580	1.396	7.9	0.4	4.7	8.7	1.86
2018	24	-3.9	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		5	3	.625	5.32	5.70	13			1	1	0	71.0	70	45	42	5	47	0	70	4	0	5	326	1.648	8.9	0.6	6.0	8.9	1.49
2018	24	-1.6	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		4	1	.800	1.14	1.43	12			0	0	0	63.0	47	10	8	1	23	0	60	1	0	5	254	1.111	6.7	0.1	3.3	8.6	2.61
2019	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		3	6	.333	3.74	4.08	15			1	0	0	79.1	79	36	33	2	33	0	75	9	0	3	345	1.412	9.0	0.2	3.7	8.5	2.27
2019	25	-0.3	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		3	6	.333	3.84	4.20	14			1	0	0	75.0	75	35	32	2	27	0	72	7	0	3	322	1.360	9.0	0.2	3.2	8.6	2.67
2019	25	-2.8	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		0	0		2.08	2.08	1			0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	23	2.308	8.3	0.0	12.5	6.2	0.50
2020	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		4	6	.400	3.20	4.39	28			0	0	0	98.1	81	48	35	5	50	1	114	2	0	4	426	1.332	7.4	0.5	4.6	10.4	2.28
2020	26	-1.5	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		1	6	.143	4.01	5.54	24			0	0	0	76.1	71	47	34	5	40	1	85	2	0	4	341	1.454	8.4	0.6	4.7	10.0	2.13
2020	26	0.5	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		3	0	1.000	0.41	0.41	4			0	0	0	22.0	10	1	1	0	10	0	29	0	0	0	85	0.909	4.1	0.0	4.1	11.9	2.90
2021	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		5	4	.556	4.21	4.83	29			0	0	0	87.2	84	47	41	5	61	0	100	6	1	12	406	1.654	8.6	0.5	6.3	10.3	1.64
2021	27	-0.2	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		3	3	.500	5.21	5.40	21			0	0	0	48.1	47	29	28	4	40	0	52	4	1	8	238	1.800	8.8	0.7	7.4	9.7	1.30
2021	27	1.0	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		2	1	.667	2.97	4.12	8			0	0	0	39.1	37	18	13	1	21	0	48	2	0	4	168	1.475	8.5	0.2	4.8	11.0	2.29
2022	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		7	6	.538	2.77	3.10	25			0	0	0	107.1	84	37	33	8	36	1	115	5	0	7	439	1.118	7.0	0.7	3.0	9.6	3.19
2022	28	0.8	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		3	5	.375	3.38	3.78	16			0	0	0	66.2	58	28	25	6	21	1	65	3	0	5	276	1.185	7.8	0.8	2.8	8.8	3.10
2022	28	2.0	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		4	1	.800	1.77	1.99	9			0	0	0	40.2	26	9	8	2	15	0	50	2	0	2	163	1.008	5.8	0.4	3.3	11.1	3.33
2023	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	OAK-BAL	7	8	.467	7.18	7.41	64	7	19	0	0	2	79.0	73	65	63	9	45	1	83	7	0	8	357	1.494	8.3	1.0	5.1	9.5	1.84
2023	29	0.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	5	8	.385	8.57	8.76	34	7	9	0	0	0	49.1	52	48	47	6	30	1	51	5	0	4	231	1.662	9.5	1.1	5.5	9.3	1.70
2023	29	0.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	0	1.000	4.85	5.16	30	0	10	0	0	2	29.2	21	17	16	3	15	0	32	2	0	4	126	1.213	6.4	0.9	4.6	9.7	2.13
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (1 season)					Majors		7	8	.467	7.18	7.41	64	7	19	0	0	2	79.0	73	65	63	9	45	1	83	7	0	8	357	1.494	8.3	1.0	5.1	9.5	1.84
Foreign (10 seasons)					Foreign		80	65	.552	3.17	3.82	252	87	0	13	6	0	1302.1	1134	553	458	72	588	2	1357	70	2	75	5597	1.322	7.8	0.5	4.1	9.4	2.31
NPB (10 seasons)					NPB		57	54	.514	3.41	4.12	189	87	0	12	6	0	994.1	886	455	377	61	459	2	1011	55	2	56	4316	1.353	8.0	0.6	4.2	9.2	2.20
All Levels (11 Seasons)							87	73	.544	3.39	4.03	316	94	19	13	6	2	1381.1	1207	618	521	81	633	3	1440	77	2	83	5954	1.332	7.9	0.5	4.1	9.4	2.27

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Generated 2/2/2024.

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