MLB losing its mind concerning Japanese players

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    The Boston Red Sox won the bidding rights on this pitcher from Japan named Daisuke Matsuzaka.

    It will cost Boston $51 million just to get the chance to try and sign him. They get this posting fee back if they don't come to an agreement with the young man. A potential scenario that this strange bidding system allows for is that a team can win the bidding war and then not sign the player. In this instance, the player has to stay in Japan and play another year before a potential bidding war starts all over again. So in essense the Red Sox could conceivably be blocking the Yankees from getting him and not have to spend a dime to do just that.

    It's just bizarre. The Red Sox would have to sign this guy for 12 years just to make sense from a monetary standpoint. Essentially he is getting a $51 million signing bonus (although technically I think the money goes to the Japanese baseball league or the team he played for or some combination therein). You sure won't sign him to a 4 year deal based on that number.
     
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  2. NoLimitMD

    NoLimitMD Founding Member

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    Yep, he's still under contract with the Japanese team, so this is like a buy-out.

    They'll more that recoup that money off of merchandise sales in Asia, as well as making a ton of money stateside if this guy is as good as advertised.
     
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  3. goldengirlfan

    goldengirlfan simple man

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    $51 million is quite a pricetag for a few questions and answers.

    Ranks right up there with "Will you marry me ?" :hihi:
     
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  4. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    i'm gettin the idea that these teams with tv networks, the mets yankees and sox, have much more money than we thought they had.

    i read somewhere that just in ticket sales the yankees can almost pay all their salaries. that leaves all worldwide merchandise sales and insane tv money as profit.
     
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  5. NoLimitMD

    NoLimitMD Founding Member

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    I think it was Forbes that did an analysis of this, and determined that teams like the Royals and Pirates get more money from revenue sharing with profitable teams, than they do from their own decrepit operations.
     
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  6. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    nice usage of the word decrepit.
     
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  7. DownOnTheBayou

    DownOnTheBayou Say My Name!

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    This one is almost as bad as: "did you pull out ?" :(
     
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  8. MikeD

    MikeD Sports Genius

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    I think all that money goes to the Japanese team. The Red Sox still have to negotiate with the pitcher and his agent Scott Boras. Any contract amount will be on top of what they already bid.
     
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  9. NoLimitMD

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    I think it's absolutely hilarious that he's got Scott Boras as his agent AND the contract with the Seibu Lions requires a deal to be done within 30 days. This should be very interesting, since all three parties have a very strong interest in him getting signed.
     
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  10. HatcherTiger

    HatcherTiger Freedom Isn't Free

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    If no deal is struck in 30 days does the bidding war begin anew ?
     
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