How much would you bid for Tanaka...

[Torridd]

... for a more than reasonable chance to acquire him?

 

Is 80 million too high? Low?

[wopphil]

80. As shocking as that number is, this is a new market.

[Inside Pitch]

MLB may not let you go that high.

[Torridd]

Didn't Darvish get 60?

[Ordos]

500 Yen

[Inside Pitch]

Didn't Darvish get 60?

His team did yes -- but MLB is trying to put a cap on posting fees.

[ettin]

On the assumption the posting system is the same (unlikely at this point but for the sake of answering Torridd's question) the bid will have to be North of $80 million to have a chance of success. Then Tanaka would sign for something like 6-7 years @ $60-75 million.

 

If the posting system does change then the posting fee system gets thrown out the door but the contract price would probably be in the ballpark.

[Angel Oracle]

I'm guessing it will cost in the ballpark of $130 million total (including rights fee) to acquire Tanaka. 

 

A few are saying that he does compare to Darvish.

Darvish's stuff is more electric, but Tanaka has better command.

Granted being a little wild can sometimes be beneficial.

 

Tanaka could admittedly end up being anywhere between Dicey-K and Darvish/Kuroda in MLB success.

Dicey-K struggled because of command issues.    Darvish sometimes thrives from them.   Kuroda has been rock solid.

[Richard]

Well this could be good news..

 

@DavidWaldstein3m

Source: Combination of Ellsbury signing and uncertainty over what new posting system will be means that Tanaka now very iffy for Yankees.

[ELEVEN]

I thought there would be an offer to throw in a set of Ginzu knives?

[Torridd]

Well this could be good news..

 

@DavidWaldstein3m

Source: Combination of Ellsbury signing and uncertainty over what new posting system will be means that Tanaka now very iffy for Yankees.

I doubt anything is iffy for the Yanks.

[ELEVEN]

I don't see us getting Tanaka. There is no way Scioscia could come up with a viable nickname for the guy. Sorry.

[fan_since79]

I don't see us getting Tanaka. There is no way Scioscia could come up with a viable nickname for the guy. Sorry.

 

Come on. I can think of several right off the top of my head.

 

Tanky

Ahkee

Tanner

Tanna

Nockie

[Ohtaniland]

$0. I'm completely against any posting system. I would rather see $80M go into stadium improvements or promotions than some Japanese team owners pockets.

[Brent Maguire]

I would be ok if we paid 130 million for him, with the the posting fee included. 

 

I think he'll be very good here. 

[Chimi]

Put a cap on the posting amount and then whatever teams post the max can all negotiate with the player. This might still prevent small market teams from offering big contracts but that's going to happen regardless of what system is in place. Those teams have budgets they have to stick to and they don't lose the posting fee if they don't sign the player. So I could see them putting in max bids just to block other teams from being able to get them. Especially if they base it off record.

[Stradling]

The Angels should post Trout. Then with the Billion Dollars they get for him they could buy the Astros and Marlins and use their minor league system.

[jshep]

I don't see us getting Tanaka. There is no way Scioscia could come up with a viable nickname for the guy. Sorry.

 

Tanaky isn't terrible.

[Chimi]

Tanaky isn't terrible.

Sounds too much like a sauce. Scioscia would lick his lips every time he said his name which would be really creepy.

[fan_since79]

How about "Tonka", like the truck.

[HaloFan85]

If MLB teams don't want to fork over a hefty posting fee, why doesn't everyone just wait another 2 years for this kid when he'll be an international free agent?  MLB is really in no position to complain about their posting system.  If they don't want to pay, then just wait 2 more years.

[stevestevens]

How about "Tonka", like the truck.

Thanks for the clarification on how you were using the word "Tonka"

[bloodbrother]

about tree fiddy

[jshep]

I've been doing some Christmas shopping, so I've only got about $200 to spend right now.

 

Don't think I could get Tanaka for that.

Edited December 4, 2013 by jshep

[fan_since79]

You could get some Tonka trucks, though.