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Post by Sanji Watsuki on Nov 9, 2006 0:05:35 GMT -5
The Posting is closed. Now taking bets on the posting fee! XD
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Post by thesoxrock34 on Nov 10, 2006 0:18:45 GMT -5
I dont know why but i think the Rangers got him.
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Post by metsgm88 on Nov 10, 2006 12:58:10 GMT -5
come on Cardinals!!!! DO something unexpected for once!!! nah...he's going to either Chicago or Seattle, even tho Seattle claimed they wernt in it.
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Post by Sanji Watsuki on Nov 11, 2006 12:31:12 GMT -5
I'm going to root for the Yankees in this case. Pitching-wise they are screwed, money-wise they got it.
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Post by Sanji Watsuki on Nov 13, 2006 19:45:15 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox reported got Matz... for 42-50+mil. Jeez.
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Post by thesoxrock34 on Nov 13, 2006 20:00:38 GMT -5
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YA!! Even though 42 million is a bit pricy.
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Post by TheJay on Nov 13, 2006 20:30:42 GMT -5
What if they bizarrely choose not to negotiate with him? Then no one gets him and they don't have to pay the posting fee, right?
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Post by Sanji Watsuki on Nov 13, 2006 20:32:55 GMT -5
What if they bizarrely choose not to negotiate with him? Then no one gets him and they don't have to pay the posting fee, right? Well the Lions have no real call with the negociation. It is all Boras and Matsuzaka there. I've heard that Japanese newspapers claim that the Lions were unhappy with the bid. Could this mean that Boston really didn't bid 50mil? |
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Post by TheJay on Nov 16, 2006 0:50:36 GMT -5
I'm going to post this verbatim from Al's Ramblings, a Brewers blog I like: A few random, outside-looking-in comments on the Red Sox getting the rights to negotiate with Daisuke Matsuzaka for $51.1 Million:
*Does that bid imply they thought the Yankees would go to $50M? I bet Theo and Co. are really good at getting stuff on eBay.
*I would speculate a contract to be somewhere between 3 and 4 years at $11-13 Million per. That might be high as Boras doesn't have a lot of leverage here. I know, Matsuzaka, the man with the fictional "lamb and sauce on a pita" pitch, will generate some marketing dollars for Boston. And I know the posting price probably shouldn't be added in to the mix. But accounting details aside, it will probably cost anywhere from $24M to $30M per season, averaged out over the contract, to bring in a man who could be the next Hideki Irabu (though admittedly not likely--the guy looked great at the WBC).
*Wouldn't that money be better spread out among a couple of different options? It may cost a little more per season, but if Boston signed both the big name FA pitchers out there in Zito and Schmidt they would at least spread the risk out a bit. What if Matsuzaka feels a "pop" in May due to not being used to the way pitching is in the Majors (if I recall correctly, a six-man rotation is used in Japan. However, pitchers tend to be allowed to throw more pitches in a game)? Granted, a GM could not function long in the game if he worried about that sort of thing from a historically healthy player--which is why I wouldn't do well as a GM. Also, pitchers like Nomo seem to have adjusted fine. But at least you would have someone to fall back on if that happened to Zito or Schmidt. Plus, if health isn't a concern, wouldn't you want a true #1 taking up a #2 spot in the rotation? |
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Post by Sanji Watsuki on Nov 16, 2006 18:24:50 GMT -5
Jeez. A-Rod money, right there. A-Rod pre-trade money.
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