Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Baseball: Sugano equals NPB's highest salary

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano attends a press conference at the baseball club's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2018, after signing an estimated 650 million yen contract for the next season and equaling former Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki for the highest-ever reported deal for a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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