Seiya Suzuki is a Japanese born professional baseball player who is known to play as an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs baseball team in the Major League Baseball. He earns an annual salary of $12 million and a $5 million signing bonus. His net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million.
Seiya grew up in Japan where he was born on August 18, 1994. The 27-year-old player had his amateur baseball career in Japan where he played as a pitcher for his high school baseball team. After school, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp selected him in the second round of the 2012 NPB draft.
In September 2013, he made his NPB debut for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He played in a total of 11 games that season. During the beginning of the 2016 baseball season, he got injured during spring trading so he was unable to make it to that season’s opening day roster.
Seiya was part of the Japan national baseball team that played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic and the 2019 WBSC Premier12 where he was named the tournament MVP.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Seiya played in only 118 games as most of the games got cancelled. On March 18, 2022, he officially left the Hiroshima Toyo Carp after he signed a five-year contract worth $85 million with the Chicago Cubs.
How Tall Is Seiya Suzuki?
Seiya Suzuki is 1.81m tall.