Blue Jays sign 36-year-old Brazilian pitcher Jo Matumoto to minor-league deal

Calling pitcher Jo Matumoto an underdog wouldn't even begin describing the long odds the Brazilian left-hander faces of ever pitching in the major leagues.

But thanks to his determined wife, the clout of agent Randy Hendricks and just enough potential to pique the interest of the Toronto Blue Jays, Matumoto signed a minor-league contract Friday and is going to get the kind of opportunity that has long been his dream.

"This is overwhelming," he said through a translator, his wife Maria Fernanda De Luca, before tearing up.

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