Masahiro Tanaka news

[gotbeer]

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka sets Japanese baseball record with 21 consecutive wins

 

He's becoming a more and more intriguing option.  And the reason why he might be posted after this season, since he has like 3 years left till FA'cy, is that MLB is thinking of changing the posting procedures where the player gets a portion of the posting fee.  He's 24 years old right now.  

 

It's just money, won't cost us draft picks, and we don't need to trade anyone.  

[YouthofToday]

If its not my money he needs to be an Angel.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

So far, I've read a lot of other teams are interested in him, but I haven't read anything that indicates the Angels are interested in him. Of course that doesn't mean they aren't interested in him. 

[gotbeer]

Daiske $51.111 million posting fee.

Yu $51.7 million posting fee.

 

Say the Angels go $60 million, and sign him to a 6/$60 like Yu got.  Is it worth a 6 year gamble at $120 million?

[Halos of Anaheim]

What? A 24 year old pitcher with good command, who throws strikes and who isn't over 30 years old?

 

Arte: No thank you.

[Angel Oracle]

Isn't it better to pay that money to currently the most dominant pitcher in Japan, and who throws 4 different pitches and sits on 90-94 and has hit 97, instead of giving it to a 32 year-old declining hitter like Moreno did not once but twice?

Moreno should have thought about that 1-2 years back.

Edited September 14, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[ettin]

Isn't it better to pay that money to currently the most dominant pitcher in Japan, and who throws 4 different pitches and sits on 90-94 and has hit 97, instead of giving it to a 32 year-old declining hitter like Moreno did not once but twice?

Moreno should have thought about that 1-2 years back.

 

This is the part that we need to be careful with. I don't disagree about looking into him and from what I have heard he seems like a potential investment but I would hope that we scout him heavily before an attempted purchase. Remember there have been more failures than successes from Japan.

[YouthofToday]

Isn't it better to pay that money to currently the most dominant pitcher in Japan, and who throws 4 different pitches and sits on 90-94 and has hit 97, instead of giving it to a 32 year-old declining hitter like Moreno did not once but twice?

Moreno should have thought about that 1-2 years back.

Moreno buys players to win Sports Illustrated covers (do they even still print that magazine?) only.

Moreno is the Woody Johnson (Jets owner) of MLB. Watch Moreno sign Tebow next. Grit. Hustle. The will to win.

[The God of Runs]

If Arte's got the money to build a stadium, he's got the money for Tanaka

[ten ocho recon scout]

I'm not as familiar with this guy as you all are. But from what little I've read, I hope were in on him. Theres no impact pitcher on the market this winter. He won't cost us a draft pick, and we don't have to worry about not having someone to trade.

Fingers crossed.

[AngelArcher]

It's just money and as far as I know, the posting fee doesn't count towards payroll. Also, MLB as a whole seems to be doing a better job at signing asian pitchers. There have been plenty of successful transitions lately.

 

I did a little research before posting and didn't realize how shutdown of a reliever Uehara is. He was signed this last offseason. Check out his current streak he has going: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/ueharko01.shtml

[AngelArcher]

Perfect in his last 12 innings with 20 strikeouts: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=ueharko01&t=p&year=2013

[Hollyw00d]

glad we passed up on that guy and signed madson instead

[Halos of Anaheim]

Perfect in his last 12 innings with 20 strikeouts: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=ueharko01&t=p&year=2013

The only time he got hit hard this year was vs the Angels and the Rangers.

[AngelArcher]

glad we passed up on that guy and signed madson instead

Ridiculous whip three years running.

[Brandon]

And then he tanks and just about everyone here shits a brick and calls for Dipoto or Artes head like this year.

[Halos of Anaheim]

And then he tanks and just about everyone here shits a brick and calls for Dipoto or Artes head like this year.

lol at you trying to compare a 24 year old kid with huge upside nowhere near his prime to two 32 year old sluggers who were already entering their decline, and played their worst baseball down the stretch right before they signed with us.

[Brandon]

No, I wasn't comparing unless you somehow came up with that from my post, not sure how you would.

It was more inclined to the personnel that posts here....which are unhappy whether someone does good or bad.

[SoWhat]

Lol

[Erstad Grit]

For every Darvsh there is also an Irabu. 

[Angels Never Die]

For every Darvsh there is also an Irabu. 

 

Compared to the kind of stats that Daisuke, Darvish, and Tanaka had in the Japanese league, Irabu's weren't that impressive. The reality is though that there are a lot more failed Japanese starting pitchers than there are successes, but perhaps the talent is getting better now. Tanaka would have been a fine risk pre-Pujols&Hamilton, but I don't know if we can afford to whiff on another big money signing. I like him though, and he could end up being exactly what we need.