According to a number of U.S. media reports, Japanese veteran pitcher Tomoyuki Kanno, who challenged Major League Baseball (MLB) through overseas free agents (FA) and joined the Baltimore Golden Orioles, will make his debut in the spring training warm-up game on the 27th Beijing time, against the Pittsburgh Buccaneers.

Due to visa problems, Tomoyuki Kanno arrived at the spring training base a few days late. However, he has done two cowpen training sessions so far, and made his first live BP yesterday Beijing time. His starting game against the Buccaneers will be the fifth warm-up game for the Orioles.

MASN, a Baltimore television station that specializes in reporting on the Orioles, noted that Brandon Hyde, the head coach of the Orioles, was quite pleased with Kanno's pitching performance. 'The ball was very good and the quality of the ball was great,' he said. Yesterday he was very good with his cross-finger fastball and the extension and it was just his first time throwing in action, so I thought it was already a good performance and he had a wide range of good ball zones and I was completely attracted to his pitching. ”