According to MLB Network's Jon Morosi, the San Francisco Giants are among the teams evaluating Sugano. Sugano, 35, spent the last 12 seasons with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants.

The Giants will feature Pride colors in the SF logo on their game caps along with a Pride patch on the right sleeves of their home uniforms — making them the first major league team to do so. IE ...

The San Francisco Giants are among many teams who will be active in free agency. ... The 35-year-old is a decorated 12 year veteran in the NPB with the Yomiuri Giants.

I’ve covered several Giants series-clinching victories over my 15 seasons in San Francisco. Perhaps I’d get to see one as a fan this time. Yomiuri’s colors are black and orange.