Orioles pitching coach Drew French was eager to begin working with Tomoyuki Sugano even before the Japanese right-hander agreed to a $13 million contract. The deal became official and French approached interpreter Yuto Sakurai with a favor.

Perfecto.” That was the first word out of Gary Sánchez’s mouth when asked about his new teammate’s first bullpen session as an Oriole. “Everything was easy,” Sánchez said through team interpreter Brandon Quinones.

The Baltimore Orioles new Japanese import is set to make his team debut.After a first bullpen session that "was everything that was advertised," according to pi

Tomoyuki Sugano can work through a lineup and jet lag with similar ease.The first bullpen session for Sugano this morning lived up to the tremendous hype. He threw 35 pitches and exhibited his usual pinpoint control.