What do you want Dipito to do?
His hands were all tied up by Pujols. Hamiton and Wells' contracts.
If you are the GM what can you do with limited budget, a depleted farm and many many holes(2 SP, 3rd, bullpen) to fill?
Hey! Don't get mad! There is a rule here in which every other Japanese pitchers had followed.
The rule is in order to jump ship from NPB to MLB,you have to play at least 9 years in the NPB,I think this is only Tanaka's 6th or 7th year in the NPB,so Rakuten has every rights to keep him for 2-3 more years.
There is not much Tanaka can do,a rule is a rule.
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.