Shinnosuke Ogasawara #16

Shinnosuke Ogasawara...Pronounced Shinnosuke (shin-OH-skeh) Ogasawara (og-ah-sah-wah-rah)...Graduated from Tokai University Sagami Senior High School in Sagamihara, Japan...Helped Japan to a second place finish at the U-18 Baseball World Cup in 2015...Played with former Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka from 2018-19 and maintains a close relationship with him...Signed with Washington as a free agent on Jan. 24, 2025.

2024

Went 5-11 with a 3.12 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 144.1 innings for the Dragons...Issued just 22 walks.

2023

Went 7-12 with a 3.59 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 160.2 innings...Named to the NPB All-Star Team...Walked only 41 hitters.

2022

Won a career high 10 games...Went 10-8 with a 2.72 ERA in 23 games...Struck out a career high 144.

2021

Went 8-10 with a 3.64 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 143.1 innings...Pitched in 25 games, his highest total since throwing in 27 in 2017. 

2016-20

Pitched for the Dragons and amassed 24 wins before turning 23 years old...He was Chunichi's Opening Day starter 2018 as a 20 year old.