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It feels like it’s been forever since the news broke that the Cincinnati Reds had come to an agreement with outfielder Shogo Akiyama. Well it is now official as the team announced a 3-year deal worth $21M. Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the deal breaks down as $6M for 2020, $7M for 2021, and $8M for 2022.
The time from when we found out about the agreement until today was longer than usual, but the timing was rather important. The news broke late on December 30th in Cincinnati, and December 31st in Japan (stupid time zones!