The Official 'TANAKA' Thread

[Stradling]

I don't think the Angels should sign Tanaka, he is obviously five years older, because he is foreign and they all lie. (Racist).

[Brent Maguire]

We both could A_B...

Without a doubt. 

[edgur1995]

who is the front-runner for Tanaka? Its been a while since we've heard news....

[mancini79]

Last I heard was Seattle. But who knows since I'm sure not all teams have put in their offers. We likely won't have any idea until a day or two before the deadline.

[Brent Maguire]

Consensus seems to be Cubs, Yankees or Mariners.

 

I could see him ending up in like 10 different places though.

[bloodbrother]

Get Capuano or Maholm and another RP

[SoWhat]

ESPN reported that Tanaka's agent was on a holiday vacation with his family this past week and is supposed to return tomorrow. The sweepstakes will start picking up steam this week

[ispy45]

Tanaka is coming to the Angels, I am calling it now.

[Ohtaniland]

I saw on FB that Dipoto was in Hawaii with his family for the holidays so things should start picking up real quick.

[tdawg87]

F'n Dipoto!

[YouthofToday]

Get Capuano or Maholm and another RP

Thing is why would either sign with the Angels unless they were guaranteed a rotation spot or more money than the market is currently offering them?

If they want a one year "pillow" contract they would be best served signing with a team like the Cubs who can guarantee them PT.

[Blarg]

I hope he wants to live on the West Coast, because it is a shorter flight back to Japan. I fully expect Arte to go all in on Tanaka, mainly because I think he could see the marketing dollars with Tanaka.

He won't be commuting during the season so distance is meaningless.

[Halos of Anaheim]

He won't be commuting during the season so distance is meaningless.

Speak for yourself lol. There are a couple of days (2 days off) here and there during the season where he may like to take a quick flight back home for a couple of hours to meet some family or something. But I don't think quick flights are in any away a major factor in his decisions.

[Stradling]

He won't be commuting during the season so distance is meaningless.

Not at all. Just because he isn't commuting doesn't mean his family won't be making frequent trips back and forth. Also five less hours of travel is a pretty big deal, at least for me it is.

[Ohtaniland]

Not at all. Just because he isn't commuting doesn't mean his family won't be making frequent trips back and forth. Also five less hours of travel is a pretty big deal, at least for me it is.

Nothing an extra $15M to $20M wouldn't fix.

[Blarg]

Not like he would be sending them economy class. The distance to Japan argument is just plain silly. He will pick the franchise he thinks fits all of his goals as a MLB pitcher and the location is only relevant to how close to those goals that team gets. I am not sure the Angels would fit all of his requirements.

[Ohtaniland]

I'm sure that the Matsui, Kuroda and Ichiro families have had no problems cashing their New York Yankees checks.

[Stradling]

I could be wrong and he could go to NY, but traveling sucks. I have flown first class or business class to Australia, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland and Canada. Guess what? It still sucks to be in the air that long. Adding five hours is a real thing that can only be avoided by either not playing on the East Coast or not flying home to Japan.

[Ohtaniland]

I could be wrong and he could go to NY, but traveling sucks. I have flown first class or business class to Australia, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland and Canada. Guess what? It still sucks to be in the air that long. Adding five hours is a real thing that can only be avoided by either not playing on the East Coast or not flying home to Japan.

 

Your issue is valid but you know that Tanaka will most likely go to the highest bidder regardless of where that might be. I just read in the MLB traderumors that the A's might be a player for Tanaka. That would hurt if the A's outbid our Angels.

[Stradling]

The only way the A's outbid the Angels for Tanaka is if the Angels aren't that interested in him. You are probably right about the highest bidder, but who knows. If I were to rank the likelihood of his landing spot it would go Seattle, New York and then Anaheim.

[Ohtaniland]

The only way the A's outbid the Angels for Tanaka is if the Angels aren't that interested in him. You are probably right about the highest bidder, but who knows. If I were to rank the likelihood of his landing spot it would go Seattle, New York and then Anaheim.

 

I think it's going to be the Yankees IMO. I think both Seattle and our Angels will be content to keep him out of the AL West.

[NrM]

It almost makes too much sense for the Yankees to sign him.

[Chimi]

It almost makes too much sense for the Angels to sign him.  But we never see that story anywhere.  It's always the Yankees need him more than anyone.  Right now, the Angels have two starters and a bunch of guys that are going to try and battle it out for three more spots.  Not sure why we're not one of the ones that are looked at as needing Tanaka.

[Brent Maguire]

It almost makes too much sense for the Yankees to sign him.

Yeah I think that's where he likely ends up. They really need another frontline starter and they'll throw a ton of money at him probably.

Although I think a team like the Astros will make a surprise big offer.

[Homebrewer]

Doggies are "in"

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-masahiro-tanaka-20140108,0,7420523.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29#axzz2pqBYTA6G

 

 

 

Tanaka, who is on the radar screens of a number of teams, is represented by Casey Close, who is also the agent for Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke.

“Obviously, Casey and I go back quite a while,” Colletti said.

Colletti described the conversations as preliminary in nature.