ALUMNI UPDATE: SCOTT SIGNS IN JAPAN; THOMAS INKS WITH A’S; HOYT TO CLEVELAND 40-MAN

ALUMNI UPDATE: SCOTT SIGNS IN JAPAN; THOMAS INKS WITH A’S; HOYT TO CLEVELAND 40-MAN

Source: American Association News

By Bob Wirz Another recent American Association pitcher must feel like he has struck oil, this time in Japan. Tayler Scott, who received considerable attention last summer when he became the first South African native to pitch in the major leagues, has signed to play with the Hiroshima Carp, and NPBTracker.com, which helped announce the deal, says the 27-year-old will receive $525,000 in addition to a signing bonus of $175,000 and is expected to work in middle relief. Since Scott became a free agent last month after finishing ’19 with pitching-hungry Baltimore, it was far from a given this 2016 Sioux City reliever would spend next season in a major league bullpen.  The right-hander got into five games with Seattle earlier last season (9.39 ERA), then allowed 18 earned runs in 8.2 innings with the parent Orioles after a brilliant showing (0.56 with 21 strikeouts and only three walks in…

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