2025 Stats
W-L
10-8
ERA
4.51
WHIP
1.34
K
96
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Sugano was posted by the Yomiuri Giants prior to the 2021 season, when he was a 31-year-old coming off a season in which he recorded a 1.97 ERA and 0.89 WHIP, but he failed to land with an MLB club and wound up returning to Japan. Given his age, that seemed like the end of his MLB dream, especially when his ERA rose north of 3.00 and sat right around league average for three straight seasons. But 2024 was a renaissance campaign for the veteran righty, who cruised to a 1.67 ERA and 0.95 in 24 starts, and his second attempt at coming stateside landed him a one-year, $13 million deal with the Orioles. With career NPB numbers that rival those of Masahiro Tanaka and Kenta Maeda, Sugano could have been a mid-rotation MLB starter or better at his peak, but this version looks much more borderline. Sugano possesses a six-pitch mix and showed elite control (2.6 BB%) last year, but his fastball averages a modest 92 mph and his low strikeout rate (18.3%) means he could allow an uncomfortable amount of balls in play against the best hitters in the world. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $13 million contract with the Orioles in December of 2024.
In clear to start Saturday
Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino confirmed that Sugano (foot) will start Saturday's game against the Blue Jays in Toronto, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Analysis
During his most recent start in this past Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Dodgers, Sugano was forced out in the top of the fourth inning after being struck on the right foot by a comebacker. Fortunately for the Orioles, the right-hander avoided any fractures on his foot and didn't experience extensive swelling either, putting him on track to make his next start this weekend on his usual five days' rest. Since the All-Star break, Sugano has gone 3-3 with a 4.67 ERA, 1.44 WHIP and 37:13 K:BB in 44.1 innings over his nine starts.
During his most recent start in this past Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Dodgers, Sugano was forced out in the top of the fourth inning after being struck on the right foot by a comebacker. Fortunately for the Orioles, the right-hander avoided any fractures on his foot and didn't experience extensive swelling either, putting him on track to make his next start this weekend on his usual five days' rest. Since the All-Star break, Sugano has gone 3-3 with a 4.67 ERA, 1.44 WHIP and 37:13 K:BB in 44.1 innings over his nine starts.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
87
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
80
How many pitches does Tomoyuki Sugano generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Tomoyuki Sugano generally pitch?
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2nd
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6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-2%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-2%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .278 | 49 | 20 | 84 | 18 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .273 | 47 | 15 | 74 | 9 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .278 | 49 | 20 | 84 | 18 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .273 | 47 | 15 | 74 | 9 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-9%
ERA at Home
2025
-9%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.31 | 1.28 | 77.1 | 5.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.75 | 1.42 | 66.1 | 6.2 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 4.31 | 1.28 | 77.1 | 5.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.75 | 1.42 | 66.1 | 6.2 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Tomoyuki Sugano compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.74K/9
6.0BB/9
2.2HR/9
1.7Fastball
92.8 mphERA
4.51WHIP
1.34BABIP
.298GB/FB
1.19Left On Base
75.4%Exit Velocity
82.6 mphBarrels/BBE
6.7%Spin Rate
2260 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.7%Swinging Strike
8.3%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2021
2017
The past few Japanese import pitchers may have failed to make much of a mark, but Sugano's 2.32 career NPB ERA looks a lot more like Masahiro Tanaka (2.30) or Kenta Maeda (2.39) than Shun Yamaguchi (3.35) or even Yusei Kikuchi (2.77). The 31-year-old has established himself as one of the top pitchers in his home country over the course of his eight-year career, riding excellent command (seen in his career 4.9 BB%) and a full repertoire to a pair of Eiji Sawamura Awards, Japan's Cy Young equivalent. While his age means he doesn't have too many peak seasons left, he hasn't shown any signs of slowing down, posting a 1.97 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 24.6 K% in 2020. A repeat of his NPB numbers is too much to ask given the step up in competition, but he looks quite likely to be at minimum a mid-rotation option for a few years, with the potential for something more.
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Expects to make next start
Sugano said Tuesday that his right foot hasn't swelled up as much as anticipated, and he expects to be ready to make his next scheduled start, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
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X-rays on foot negative
Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino said after Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Dodgers that Sugano had X-rays on his right foot come back negative, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
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Exits with foot injury
Sugano was removed from Sunday's start against the Dodgers due to right foot discomfort, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
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Labors versus Giants
Sugano (10-7) allowed seven runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out four over 3.1 innings to take the loss Sunday versus the Giants.
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Strikes out six in sixth loss
Sugano (10-6) took the loss Monday against Boston, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six.
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Not likely to be traded
Sugano is not expected to be traded by the Orioles during the summer, Jim Bowden of The Athletic speculates.
Analysis
Sugano is having an excellent first MLB season, and the Orioles might decide to keep him around and see if he can repeat these numbers in 2026 when they might be back in contention. Sugano owns a 3.04 ERA and 1.04 WHIP across 12 starts and 71 innings.
Sugano is having an excellent first MLB season, and the Orioles might decide to keep him around and see if he can repeat these numbers in 2026 when they might be back in contention. Sugano owns a 3.04 ERA and 1.04 WHIP across 12 starts and 71 innings.