12/8/24 Mets Roster Moves: Mets sign RHP Yuhi Sako to a minor league contract (Stats and Videos)

 

According to Brooklyn Cyclones Broadcaster Justin Rocke on Twitter, the New York Mets have signed RHP Yuhi Sako to a minor league contract.

Last year the 25 year old Japanese native pitched in 18 Independent League games, 17 starts, going 6-3 with a 3.40 ERA, 103 innings, 92 Ks;  He has a hitch in his motion that could will give hitters a different look.  

The Mets have done well scouting Independent League teams.  Last year they signed Jonathan Pintaro who quickly rose up the ranks from High A Brooklyn to AA Binghamton to AAA Syracuse.

Yuhi Sako's stats:

Register Pitching

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
2022-23	22	-4.1	Canberra	AUBL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	6	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	15	0	0	1	41	1.100	7.2	1.8	2.7	13.5	5.00
2023-24	23	-3.7	Canberra	AUBL	Fgn		2	2	.500	2.21	3.93	11	6	1	0	0	0	36.2	28	16	9	3	11	0	39	3	0	1	155	1.064	6.9	0.7	2.7	9.6	3.55
2023	23	-2.5	New Jersey	FRON	Ind		1	0	1.000	3.86	4.10	22	0		0		1	37.1	40	17	16	3	9		38					1.313	9.6	0.7	2.2	9.2	4.22
2024	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Ind		6	3	.667	3.23	3.76	18	17	0	1	1	0	103.0	90	43	37	10	28	0	92	4	2	0	47	1.146	7.9	0.9	2.4	8.0	3.29
2024	24	-1.6	New Jersey	FRON	Ind		6	3	.667	3.40	3.88	16	15		1	1	0	92.2	81	40	35	10	22		78	4	2	0		1.112	7.9	1.0	2.1	7.6	3.55
2024	24	-4.0	High Point	ATLL	Ind		0	0		1.74	2.61	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	9	3	2	0	6	0	14	0	0	0	47	1.452	7.8	0.0	5.2	12.2	2.33
2024-25	24	-4.5	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		3	2	.600	2.22	3.51	18	6	1	0	0	0	48.2	39	19	12	5	14	0	54	3	0	2	205	1.089	7.2	0.9	2.6	10.0	3.86
Other (2 seasons)					Other		7	3	.700	3.40	3.85	40	17	0	1	1	1	140.1	130	60	53	13	37	0	130	4	2	0	47	1.190	8.3	0.8	2.4	8.3	3.51
All Levels (3 Seasons)							10	5	.667	3.10	3.76	58	23	1	1	1	1	189.0	169	79	65	18	51	0	184	7	2	2	252	1.164	8.0	0.9	2.4	8.8	3.61
Fgn (2 seasons)					Foreign		3	2	.600	2.12	3.47	17	6	1	0	0	0	46.2	36	18	11	5	14	0	54	3	0	2	196	1.071	6.9	1.0	2.7	10.4	3.86
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/9/2024.

Yuhi Sako Videos:

Yuhi Sako strikes out the side in the bottom of the 4th! 🎯🎯🎯@CanberraCavalry#creategreatness pic.twitter.com/N2Id6Zv3nq

— Australian Baseball League (@ABL) December 28, 2023

佐子夕日が空振り三振を奪い、1回裏を締めくくった!

Yuhi Sako gets the strikeout to end the bottom of the first inning!

Baseball+ を日本で観戦: https://t.co/RVlmScNs24#creategreatness #baseball #野球 #プロ野球 pic.twitter.com/KQPOhLwe4C

— Australian Baseball League (@ABL) December 8, 2023

Yuhi Sako on YouTube: