Baltimore made it a priority to talk baseball specifics when courting the 35-year-old Japanese free-agent pitcher.

Sugano, a two-time winner of the Sawamura Award — the NPB’s equivalent of the Cy Young Award —possesses an unrivaled versatility. The starter boasts a four-seam fastball, wh

Tomoyuki Sugano left Japan’s version of the New York Yankees to sign with the Baltimore Orioles. He got a one-year, $13 million deal.