Seven-year MLB vet Saito headed back to Japan
Takashi Saito - R - International Player
Dec. 28, 2012 - 12:35 PM ET
Takashi Saito has signed a one-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Saito will join fellow major leaguers Andruw Jones and Casey McGehee on the Golden Eagles, and he'll get to return to his hometown in Sendai, Japan. The soon-to-be 43-year-old was limited to 46 appearances over the last two seasons due to injury, but he'll take a career 2.34 MLB ERA and 10.7 K/9 rate back to his native country.
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