Tanaka to be posted soon by Rakuten

[Angel Oracle]

The Rakuten owners are making a mockery of the sport.

Just make a decision and STICK to it, yes or no!

[seenoevil]

1. sean cronkite ‏@CronkiteSean 

   @JeffFletcherOCR is there a deadline of when Tanaka can be posted?

    

    

2. Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR 

   @CronkiteSean Feb. 1. I assume if it doesn’t happen in the next week or so, it’s not happening.

[Erick McClendon]

Dont see Texas trading for Price. i would like a Darvish-Tanaka-Holland-Perez-Harrison- rotation though

[Halofan]

According to Sports Hochi, the Rakuten Golden Eagles are prepared to offer Masahiro Tanaka $8 million to stay with the team next season.

The $8 million salary would be the largest single-season salary ever for a Nippon Professional Baseball player, per Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker. Tanaka has expressed his desire to play in MLB next season, but his Japanese club isn't ready to relent just yet. Even if he isn't posted this offseason, the 25-year-old will be able to leave after the 2015 season. At this point it's just a matter of when -- not if -- he makes the jump to the U.S.

[nando714]

whats taking so long? (serious question)

 

edit- is there a legit time table? or we just sit here with our thumb up our butt and wait?

Edited December 19, 2013 by nando714

[Inside Pitch]

whats taking so long? (serious question)

 

edit- is there a legit time table? or we just sit here with our thumb up our butt and wait?

 

 

Reports today including from Gammons are that they aren't posting him.  The team he's on has gone so far as to say that posting him now would mean admitting that the Japanese League is nothing other than a MLB minor league.  So, the people at Rakuten are circling their wagons and coming up with fanciful reasons why honor and the sort is reason enough to not post him.

 

[CanadianHalo]

@Ken_Rosenthal: Tanaka will not be posted according to several reports out of Japan, per @nytimes.

[YouthofToday]

Sucks for Tanaka. Would you rather have a 1 year/$8 ion deal or a 6 year/$110+ million deal.

Looks Jimenez and Santana just lucked out.

[tdawg87]

I suppose they don't have to post him at all, but it seems incredibly petty and selfish. They have pretty much wasted everyone's time for nothing.

Though I blame the new posting rules just as much.

[Halos of Anaheim]

Let the Garza acquisition begin. Over/under signed in 5 days?

[Stradling]

The day he is officially not posted the Angels will sign Garza.

[Inside Pitch]

Rosenthal now joining the chorus of non-posting reports. 

 

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

 

He's basically parroting  the others -- wish they would end the speculation and make a formal announcement.

 

The article also states Tanaka had become the Rangers number one target.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Inside Pitch

[Halos of Anaheim]

They better come out today and announce it. Garza should be an Angel by this weekend if so.

[SoWhat]

@dylanohernandez: The Hochi story in which it's written that Tanaka won't be let go should be taken with a grain of salt. ...

@dylanohernandez: Tanaka told Kyodo News this morning that he hasn't heard back from the team.

[Tyler]

Oh goodness. Can this end already...

[IEAngelsfan]

This is turning into a baseball version of a soap opera.  I hate soap operas.

[SoWhat]

Lol

11:47am: Rakuten president Yozo Tachibana told reporters in Sendai today that Tanaka could still be posted, as they've yet to make a decision on the matter and discussions are ongoing, according to a report from Sponichi (Japanese link).

[Hubs]

One thing I hate about media reports is that someone can report something and then everyone repeats it, it seems legitimate, even though it's pulled out of the ether. 

[Mark68]

Reports today including from Gammons are that they aren't posting him.  The team he's on has gone so far as to say that posting him now would mean admitting that the Japanese League is nothing other than a MLB minor league.  So, the people at Rakuten are circling their wagons and coming up with fanciful reasons why honor and the sort is reason enough to not post him.

 

So, it would be tantamount to the Golden Eagles (and the rest of NPB) admitting what the rest of the world already knows.

 

Guess they gotta save face.

[Glen]

I need to hear from Sponichi deportes before I decide what to think about this.

[Jimmag]

This is so Lost in Translation.

[WallyWorld]

I suspect Dipoto has a pretty hard cap on what he can spend on Garza.  If Tanaka isn't posted, I would imagine the Rangers/Yankees/Dodgers and others would all target Garza, so the price is bound to go way up.  My guess is we end up with 1 or 2 cheap low-risk/high-upside guys in January.

[bloodbrother]

For gods sake can the damn team just make up their minds. Who the hell is their owner? Brett Favre?

[gotbeer]

For gods sake can the damn team just make up their minds. Who the hell is their owner? Brett Favre?

 

A lot richer than any of us.  Including Arte.

[Homebrewer]

Hopefully Blanton will be better next season.