Tanaka to be posted soon by Rakuten

[yvangelfan]

Don't be a Charlie Cheapo with Tanaka.  Offer every penny possible after $500 mil is set aside for Trout.

 

 

[jshep]

I hope at least one person in the Angels org speaks Japanese. Knowing our luck it's Reagins.

 

Nope, it's Blanton.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Anaheim has lots to entice him with. He'll be playing next to living legends in Trout and Pujols, great location, diverse culture, and maybe the Halos can get Matsui to vouch for them lol. I think I remember him really enjoying it here.

[mancini79]

That makes no sense with pitchers and catchers reporting around the second week of February.

 

Japanese club could care less about the MLB schedule. Their is no guarantee that the player will sign with a MLB club

 

• All "postings" of NPB players must be made between November 1 and February 1.
• Beginning the day after the player is posted, and concluding 30 days later, any Major League Club willing to pay the release fee set by the NPB Club may then negotiate with the player in an attempt to reach agreement on a contract.

[Tavon Brown]

Anaheim has lots to entice him with. He'll be playing next to living legends in Trout and Pujols, great location, diverse culture, and maybe the Halos can get Matsui to vouch for them lol. I think I remember him really enjoying it here.

 

As long as he doesn't set foot in the AYCE Sushi Biyako on St College.  We got a chance to sign him.

 

[ukyah]

Go to a 7th or 8th year if you really want him.

 

8/150.

 

 

that would automatically become the stupidest contract in major league baseball history, then we could have two of them.

[mancini79]

Lets get it done Arte and Jerry.  I already ordered my Jersey to be under the tree 3 weeks ago.

 

I call BS. The English is too clean.

[The_War_Machine]

How does the $20Million Max posting system work??? Would really like to see Tanaka in an Angels uniform this upcoming season!!

[Tavon Brown]

How does the $20Million Max posting system work??? Would really like to see Tanaka in an Angels uniform this upcoming season!!

You drop 20 mill you can negotiate with the player.  If he don't sign with you.  The Eagles refund your money.

[Docwaukee]

Nope, it's Blanton.

Blanton is Japanese for 'fatzilla' 

[gotbeer]

Seattle is the dark horse here.  They have money to spend.  They just made a splash with Cano.  A King, Tanaka, Iwakuma starting 3 would be pretty good.  

 

And if it goes by the old posting rules.  Once he's posted, and the team accepts the max bid, teams will have 30 days to work out a deal.  Which tells me Garza will be signed way before Tanaka is.

[Halofan]

From Rotowold

 

 

According to Sanspo.com, Rakuten Golden Eagles owner Hiroshi Mikitani will allow Masahiro Tanaka to be posted this offseason.

The news, though not official, was passed along by Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. There have been some doubts about whether Tanaka would be posted this winter, with one recent report suggesting that the Rakuten Golden Eagles were planning to convince him to stick around for another year, but they will apparently grant him his wish and let him come to MLB. The new posting system has a maximum bid of $20 million, so we'd be surprised if the number of teams involved in negotiations doesn't go over double-digits. The Yankees, Cubs, Angels, Dodgers and Diamondbacks are among the teams expected to be in the mix

[jshep]

Seattle is the dark horse here.  They have money to spend.  They just made a splash with Cano.  A King, Tanaka, Iwakuma starting 3 would be pretty good.  

 

And if it goes by the old posting rules.  Once he's posted, and the team accepts the max bid, teams will have 30 days to work out a deal.  Which tells me Garza will be signed way before Tanaka is.

 

Tanaka and Iwakuma were also teammates before Iwakuma came stateside. For whatever that's worth.

[tdawg87]

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Japanese club could care less about the MLB schedule. Their is no guarantee that the player will sign with a MLB club

• All "postings" of NPB players must be made between November 1 and February 1.
• Beginning the day after the player is posted, and concluding 30 days later, any Major League Club willing to pay the release fee set by the NPB Club may then negotiate with the player in an attempt to reach agreement on a contract.

It's likely he gets posted well before February 1st. Then again as you said Rakuten has no reason to post him any sooner.

[Mark68]

It's likely he gets posted well before February 1st. Then again as you said Rakuten has no reason to post him any sooner.

Since they didn't want to post him for only $20 mil in the first place, they could conceivably wait until February 1 just to F the MLB teams that want him.

[Homebrewer]

Sushi???

racist

[Homebrewer]

After all this time, and all the "off and on and off again" bullshit, they want to drag it into Feb... or even longer?

Move on.

I almost hope nobody signs him.

[Sherlock31]

This really surprised me, I thought they wouldn't post Tanaka this year, since they just won the NPB ，they would make a lot more than 20 mil with Tanaka around.

[Chuck]

Going with a sleeper team here.. I think Houston goes all out for him.

 

I'm with you. Houston got Pnwed all season long by Darvish in 2013. They want their own version.

[Blarg]

Lets get it done Arte and Jerry.  I already ordered my Jersey to be under the tree 3 weeks ago.

 

And your AW account two hours ago. Seems pretty silly to create an account and screen name for a player yet to choose which team he wants to play for.

[ELEVEN]

And your AW account two hours ago. Seems pretty silly to create an account and screen name for a player yet to choose which team he wants to play for.

pretty sure it was meant as a humorus jocularity.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Or it could really be him.

 

Now he won't sign with the Angels. Thanks Blarg.

[nando714]

maybe the Halos can get Matsui to vouch for them lol. I think I remember him really enjoying it here.

Tanaka Snuggy night

[Inside Pitch]

Going with a sleeper team here.. I think Houston goes all out for him.

 

I'm thinking same state, different team.  Rangers have Darvish, they might want to pair him with Tanaka.   Playing alongside another Japanese ace might appeal to Tanaka.  Then if they really wanted to just for shits and giggles, they could turn around and trade off a Martin Perez and prospects for David Price and dominate the division with pitching..   Their GM seems to value run prevention, and that team has more than enough offense to win with a pitching staff like that.

[AngelsLakersFan]

 

As long as he doesn't set foot in the AYCE Sushi Biyako on St College.  We got a chance to sign him.

 

 

 

Seriously.