According to Yahoo, Tanaka to be posted

[Majorball]

Here is the article, someone get my checkbook

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...-japan-posted-mlb-leagues-223106293--mlb.html

 

[yankeesince59]

...maybe we should hold a message board telethon to help out the Yanx...I'm in.

 

[Hammerojustice]

How does it work if he's posted with the new max on $20M posting fee? who gets him if a number of teams do that $20M posting fee?

 

[Hammerojustice]

How does it work if he's posted with the new max on $20M posting fee? who gets him if a number of teams do that $20M posting fee?

nevermind... it would help if I read the article... lol

"Any MLB team can bid up to $20 million for the right to negotiate with Tanaka, or any other NPB player who gets posted by his team in Japan. If 30 teams bid $20 million apiece (which is not expected) then all of them are free to negotiate. After the negotiations conclude for the contract, the losing teams will get their $20 million posting fee back and the winning team will forfeit that amount to the Rakuten Golden Eagles. And then they'll have to pay Tanaka."

 

[Majorball]

They expect him to get a 6 year 100 mil contract.

 

[Hammerojustice]

and now he won't be posted... so disappointing...

 

[RustySpan]

It's a bummer, not for certain yet, but getting close, who can blame the Rakuten owners for being pissed and pulling him? suddenly this new posting system comes up when they have the best guy ever? and the Yankees have to be upset as well, they were going all for this guy IMO, why not this new system last year when NY was clearly not going hard for Darvish? just seems like another stab at NY for me, MLB trying to keep the Yankees down, they knew this guy would not be posted after this mess.