Japanese flamethrower Shintaro Fujinami signs with Oakland A's, per report
The
Oakland Athletics
have reached an agreement on a one-year deal with right-hander Shintaro Fujinami,
according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. Fujinami
was submitted to Major League Baseball's "posting system" back in December by the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league.
Fujinami, 28, was once considered a rival to
Los Angeles…