Baseball: Japanese pitcher Fujinami to be posted for MLB move

Major League Baseball has accepted the Hanshin Tigers’ application to post right-handed pitcher Shintaro Fujinami, the Japanese club said Thursday. Fujinami, who was two-way star Shohei Ohtani’s rival when they were in high school, will have until 5 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 14 to complete contract talks with interested major league clubs willing to pay a transfer fee. The 28-year-old has a 57-54 career win-loss record with a 3.41 ERA in 189 games in 10 seasons, all with the Tigers. In 2022, he went 3-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 appearances, 10 of them starts. “I have mixed feelings of excitement ...