Free agent Shinjo decides to join New York Mets

OSAKA, Japan - Free agent outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (L), formerly of the Hanshin Tigers, informs Hanshin general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki (R) at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 11 that the all-star center fielder will join the New York Mets next season to become the second position player from Japan to try his hand in the North American major leagues. Shinjo will receive a three-year contract from the Mets, but financial terms of the deal with last year's National League pennant winners were not immediately known. Shinjo will formally sign the contract in New York on Dec. 16.

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