Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that Tomoya Kinjo agreed to join Toronto pending a physical, citing MLB reporter Francys Romero.
- Kinjo, 23, tops out at 97 mph and also throws a changeup, curveball, and sinker, according to the reports.
- The agreement falls under MLB’s international signing period, which runs through December 15 and typically sends players into the minors first.
- He is expected to open in the Blue Jays’ farm system rather than fill the injury-hit major-league rotation right away.
- Kinjo pitched in 2025 for Japan’s independent Kochi Fighting Dogs and in the Japan Winter League and has shared videos chasing a 100 mph fastball, with contract terms not disclosed.