Tanaka not going to MLB

[19HALO71]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/japanese-pitcher-masahiro-tanaka-not-joining-major-league-baseball-121913

 

"Days after expressing his interest in joining Major League Baseball, it appears Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will stay in Japan, according to multiple reports."

 

 

Get on Garza!!

Edited December 19, 2013 by 19HALO71

[Angel Oracle]

Overs/Unders on number of times he changes his mind? 

I say....4.

[WallyWorld]

Garza's price just went up.

[SoWhat]

Nothing is official.

[ettin]

I'm curious how long ago this decision to limit the "posting fee" (or "transfer fee" or whatever they are calling it now) was put into motion. It seems like the decision to make the change started sometime around the All-Star break.

 

The reason I say this is that if they were going to institute a significant change like this they really should have agreed upon it last off-season so that every Japanese team would know ahead of time that the change was coming and could act appropriately.

 

Honestly they should have implemented the new decision starting next off-season. Rakuten seemed to be caught off guard by the rule change.

 

I could be totally wrong about this, they may have been discussing this for years for all I know but the change seemed to happen quickly.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

If I were Garza, early in the process I would've written a $5 mil check to Tanaka just to have him stay in Japan, knowing his value would increase if Tanaka stayed.

[ukyah]

Overs/Unders on number of times he changes his mind? 

I say....4.

0. he hasn't changed his mind one time. it's the eagles yanking his chain.

Edited December 19, 2013 by ukyah

[Tank]

i need to have lunch with tanaka like yesterday and get this ironed out. enough with the indecision, mate.

[nmh]

Think about it from his teams perspective. With their posting collection now limited to $20 million regardless, they can wait a year and post him next year and get the same money then. They have his rights through 2015 from what I read. In the mean time, they can go after another title with him. This new posting system seems like it will prevent players from coming over until the year before they would be unrestricted.

[Make Angels Great Again]

I don't think he can be posted after this year.

[Amazing Larry]

0. he hasn't changed his mind one time. it's the eagles yanking his chain.

 

So in a way, the Eagles are yanking the Yankees.

[Mark68]

Overs/Unders on number of times he changes his mind? 

I say....4.

I don't think it's Tanaka changing his mind. It's his team.

[Sully151]

The whole thing has just become a big joke.

[Brent Maguire]

This is just annoying now. Tanaka has every reason to want to come here but I'm assuming his team is having a real issue with it, as they should. 

[edgur1995]

While this goes on we should creep up and grab us some Garza. This indecisive team is getting me worried. I have a hunch that we're going to end up waiting for his post, his.not going to get posted, someone throws huge numbers at Garza, and the rest, and we get stuck with a vet and then blame Jerry. That's my hunch.

[Tavon Brown]

I agree at this point just go get Garza.  :-(

[Troll Daddy]

He's coming ... no worries

[Pbonetheman]

I agree at this point just go get Garza.  :-(

Avatar / name change?

[Erstad Grit]

Hypothetical honest question. Could he just defect over here? If I were him I'd be pissed that my country was keeping me from making 100+ million. Why not come over here the same way Cubans do? 

[gotbeer]

Hypothetical honest question. Could he just defect over here? If I were him I'd be pissed that my country was keeping me from making 100+ million. Why not come over here the same way Cubans do? 

 

Country?  He's under contractual obligation that the MLB recognizes from another league.  Unless they find a loophole like Nomo did, which I think have all been sealed up, if the team doesn't want to post him, they won't.

 

If Trout came out and said, I want to play for the Yankees.  Think the Angels will just say, ok, go ahead?

[Tavon Brown]

Avatar / name change?

I am going to stick with it.  I really like the kid.  I watch him on Japanese television with my brother in law, also Japanese.  Our common bond.   

[Sherlock31]

Hey! Don't get mad! There is a rule here in which every other Japanese pitchers had followed.

 

The rule is in order to jump ship from NPB to MLB，you have to play at least 9 years in the NPB，I think this is only Tanaka's 6th or 7th year in the NPB，so Rakuten has every rights to keep him for 2-3 more years.

 

There is not much Tanaka can do，a rule is a rule.

[Hubs]

Most MLB players who sign out of high school are kept for at least 9 years in MLB. Most longer. Think about it this way, in 2006 the Angels drafted Conger. He still has four more seasons of club control. He won't be a true free agent until after 2017, which will be 12 seasons after the Angels drafted him.

[Sciosciapath]

So Texas was allowed to bid $50M on Darvish, but now everyone else is capped at bidding $20M for Tanaka (to the point that the Japanese club doesn't even have enough incentive to post him).

 

That makes perfect sense.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Sciosciapath

[SoWhat]

@npbtracker: Tanaka said to be deciding between agents Casey Close, Arn Tellem and Mark Pieper. http://t.co/b7JKXAZQdL