It looks like Gregory Polanco’s next stop will be overseas.
According to Tenchy Rodriguez and Héctor Gómez, the former Pirate is “very close” to signing in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants, pending a physical.
Polanco was not declared to be an XX(B), or major league, free agent since he did not finish the season on a 40 man roster, so he was free to either sign a minor-league deal during the lockout or wait until a new Collective Bargaining Agreement was reached between the league and players association for a major league contract.