Red Sox pursue Daisuke Matsuzaka

[Atomic1]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

[SPORE]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

$40 million just to be able to negotiate with him...plus a contract on top of that...Gonna end up paying close to $15-$20 million a year for this guy once it is said and done.

[Atomic1]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

$40 million just to be able to negotiate with him...plus a contract on top of that...Gonna end up paying close to $15-$20 million a year for this guy once it is said and done.

Or maybe they are just driving his price up for when he signs with the Yanks

[SPORE]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

$40 million just to be able to negotiate with him...plus a contract on top of that...Gonna end up paying close to $15-$20 million a year for this guy once it is said and done.

Or maybe they are just driving his price up for when he signs with the Yanks :wink:

Do you have any idea how the process works?

With a foriegn player that is under contract with a another team, the MLB team will submit offers to that team for the right to negotiate with the player. If the team accepts the offer, the offering team is the only team that has the right to negotiate with the player.

If the Red Sox submit the highest offer, only the redsox are able to negotiate with Matsuzaka.

This wasn't the case with Contreras, as he defected from Cuba.

[Atomic1]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

$40 million just to be able to negotiate with him...plus a contract on top of that...Gonna end up paying close to $15-$20 million a year for this guy once it is said and done.

Or maybe they are just driving his price up for when he signs with the Yanks

Do you have any idea how the process works?

With a foriegn player that is under contract with a another team, the MLB team will submit offers to that team for the right to negotiate with the player. If the team accepts the offer, the offering team is the only team that has the right to negotiate with the player.

If the Red Sox submit the highest offer, only the redsox are able to negotiate with Matsuzaka.

This wasn't the case with Contreras, as he defected from Cuba.

Yea,I read the article and understand the process. My drive up the price comment was a freakin joke!
I guess all the Yankees recent flops/chokes/bad deals and bad luck has hit Yankee fans hard because none that I know can find their sense of humor!

[johnny the jibber]

its costing some serious loot to talk to him. heard the figure lastnight, but dont remember exactly how much...

[Turzman]

If the numbers are true, and Boston paid that much just to talk to him, then you figure it's gonna cost about $100 million to sign him.
Remember, this guy's agent is Scott Boras.
If the Bosox pull this off, their fans are no longer allowed to complain about Yankee PAYROLL.

Man law in effect.

[johnny the jibber]

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[Turzman]

viewtopic.php?t=13637&highlight=man+laws

Mine should be added to that list.

[BoozeTan]

If the numbers are true, and Boston paid that much just to talk to him, then you figure it's gonna cost about $100 million to sign him.
Remember, this guy's agent is Scott Boras.
If the Bosox pull this off, their fans are no longer allowed to complain about Yankee PAYROLL.

Man law in effect.

my thoughts exactly when I read this

The Boston Red Sox have reportedly landed the rights to Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka with a bid that has been reported in various media outlets at anywhere from $42 million to in excess of $50 million.

The appropriate response to any of those numbers can be summed up in one word: Wow.

By the time this is over, Matsuzaka's total price, for a four-year contract, for instance, could be in the $90 to $100 million range. On the other hand, he throws with both power and command, he is only 26, his record in Japan was beyond question, and he was named the Most Valuable Player of the inaugural World Baseball Classic after leading Japan to victory in the tournament.

[SPORE]

Just reported that the Red Sox bid was $51.1 million, just for the right to negotiate with this guys.

Boras is this guys agent, not going to come cheap.

[johnny the jibber]

thats some steep sh*t mang!!!

[Atomic1]

The end figure the Sox spend to land this pitcher will still pale in comparison to every red cent the Yanks blew on A-rod! Lets see now 3 years of FLOPS by A-rod in the playoffs vs..... Boston,Chicago and Detroit for lot's of $$$$$$$$$$$$!
I'm still thankful the players union stopped the Red Sox from signing A-rod back in the spring of 04.
.....OK TRUTH IS ,THIS Jap. GUY BETTER GO 25-0 for that money

[Bubba]

The end figure the Sox spend to land this pitcher will still pale in comparison to every red cent the Yanks blew on A-rod! Lets see now 3 years of FLOPS by A-rod in the playoffs vs..... Boston,Chicago and Detroit for lot's of $$$$$$$$$$$$!
I'm still thankful the players union stopped the Red Sox from signing A-rod back in the spring of 04.
.....OK TRUTH IS ,THIS Jap. GUY BETTER GO 25-0 for that money

Hideki Irabu II

[Atomic1]

The end figure the Sox spend to land this pitcher will still pale in comparison to every red cent the Yanks blew on A-rod! Lets see now 3 years of FLOPS by A-rod in the playoffs vs..... Boston,Chicago and Detroit for lot's of $$$$$$$$$$$$!
I'm still thankful the players union stopped the Red Sox from signing A-rod back in the spring of 04.
.....OK TRUTH IS ,THIS Jap. GUY BETTER GO 25-0 for that money

Hideki Irabu II

Good ole Hideki I-ROB-YOU...
Could be the 2nd coming,after all those are not American league hitters he has been facing. I could even see him having an easier time in the NL where unlike the American league most teams #8 hitters can't and #9 is the pitcher.
But in the A.L.