Yū Satō
Japanese baseball player (1993-)
Yū Satō (佐藤 優, Satō Yū; born June 28, 1993 in Ōsaki, Miyagi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He previously played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
Early career
Satō started playing rubber-ball baseball in elementary school. With his high school, Furukawagakuen, he started his freshman year on the bench and reached the best 8 of the Tohoku Regional high school tournament.
He attended Tohoku Fukushi University and started playing league games in his freshman year. In his senior year in a game against Tohoku Institute of Technology, Satō fanned a remarkable 13 batters. He finished with an 11–2 win–loss record with a 1.29 ERA.
On 22 October 2016, Satō was selected as second pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball draft and on 1 December signed a \10,000,000 per year contract with a \70,000,000 sign-on bonus.
Professional career
2016-2017
On 10 May, in a game against the Yokohama DeNA Baystars at Yokohama Stadium, he claimed a debut win throwing 5 innings for 1 earned run becoming the first Dragons rookie pitcher to win on debut since Kenshin Kawakami in 1998.
Satō finished the 2016 NPB season having started 4 games going 1–0 in decisions with a 3.67 ERA. The following season, Satō was limited to mostly work out of the bullpen claiming 2 wins, 2 holds and a 5.40 ERA.
2018-Present
Satō made his first appearance in April, but was immediately demoted to the farm team after surrendering 3 runs. He would later join the team in June and record 11 consecutive games without an earned run.
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