今年效力於芝加哥小熊隊的日本投手今永昇太，除成為本季的大驚喜之外，還創下美國職棒大聯盟的紀錄。他是自1901年以來第一位開季取得4勝0敗戰績的選手，並且自責分率低於1。這也是史上開季前六場先發投手防禦率第四低的紀錄。

今永昇太出生於1993年9月1日，是日本福岡縣北九州市的人。之前效力於日本職棒的橫濱DeNA，今年與小熊隊簽下為期2年價值3000萬美元的合約，其中包含球隊兩年的選擇權。最高可達5年8000萬美元的合約。與同年挑戰大聯盟的道奇隊山本由伸相比，他則簽下12年3.25億美元的合約，今永昇太的合約看起來相當划算。

This season, the Japanese pitcher Imanaga Shōta, who plays for the Chicago Cubs, has not only become a big surprise but has also set a record in Major League Baseball. He is the first player since 1901 to start the season with a record of 4 wins and 0 losses, with an earned run average (ERA) of less than 1. This also marks the fourth-lowest ERA for starting pitchers in the first six games of the season in history.

Imanaga Shōta was born on September 1, 1993, in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Previously playing for the Yokohama DeNA in the Japanese professional baseball league, he signed a 2-year contract worth $30 million with the Cubs this year, including a team option for two years. The highest contract could be up to $80 million over 5 years. Compared to Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who signed a 12-year, $325 million contract this year, Imanaga Shōta's contract seems quite lucrative.

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