Comments on: The Tazawa Penalty http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/10/the-tazawa-penalty/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oh, The Irony » NPB Tracker http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/10/the-tazawa-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 Oh, The Irony » NPB Tracker Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:20:10 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=412#comment-2596 [...] benefited from having a returning Japanese player on their team. Maybe they’ll re-think the returnee rule later [...] [...] benefited from having a returning Japanese player on their team. Maybe they’ll re-think the returnee rule later [...]

]]> By: Braves and Twins Japan Notes » NPB Tracker http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/10/the-tazawa-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Braves and Twins Japan Notes » NPB Tracker Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:51:23 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=412#comment-2441 [...] I wrote a little bit about Yoshinori Yamarin, a high school pitcher who went undrafted, back in October. This Sports Hochi article from Nov 11 says that the Twins had met with him and Braves were planning to. According to Hochi, Yamarin worked out for Lotte and others, but went undrafted because of “unstable words”, which I’m interpreting as a speech impediment. He’s reportedly hit 92 mph on the gun as an 18 year-old, and might be an interesting project. This is the kind of guy that stands to lose the most from the Tazawa ban.  [...] [...] I wrote a little bit about Yoshinori Yamarin, a high school pitcher who went undrafted, back in October. This Sports Hochi article from Nov 11 says that the Twins had met with him and Braves were planning to. According to Hochi, Yamarin worked out for Lotte and others, but went undrafted because of “unstable words”, which I’m interpreting as a speech impediment. He’s reportedly hit 92 mph on the gun as an 18 year-old, and might be an interesting project. This is the kind of guy that stands to lose the most from the Tazawa ban.  [...]

]]> By: Not Exactly a New Phenomenon… » NPB Tracker http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/10/the-tazawa-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Not Exactly a New Phenomenon… » NPB Tracker Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:10:48 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=412#comment-1731 [...] with MLB teams before playing pro ball in Japan. None of the players listed elicited the kind of reaction Tazawa got, but none of them pursued an MLB deal with the same level of fanfare that Tazawa has [...] [...] with MLB teams before playing pro ball in Japan. None of the players listed elicited the kind of reaction Tazawa got, but none of them pursued an MLB deal with the same level of fanfare that Tazawa has [...]

]]> By: John Brooks http://www.npbtracker.com/2008/10/the-tazawa-penalty/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 John Brooks Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:02:57 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=412#comment-1431 <i>So my gut feeling, and my hope, is that this new rule basically amounts to an idle threat. Instead of threatening Japanese nationals like this, I’m hoping to see a little more effort to make signing and playing in NPB more appealing, and at the same time, investing a more in developing young talent, particularly young international talent.</i> Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly. This rule basically amounts to a idle threat, which in the long run if not abolished or rescinded could end up having the opposite effect of what it was intended to do, and that is anger more young talent into leaving NPB. Moving to the case in point, like I mentioned over at <a href="http://www.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=55320" rel="nofollow">Japanese Baseball</a>, why dont they [NPB] that is explain why you should stay in NPB. Second, they need to heed Valentine's call for more minor league teams, expand the draft to include more rounds, and lengthen the season for the minor leagues. As it currently is in <i>ni-gun</i>, there's hardly enough time to properly develop catchers and pitchers. You add more minor leagues and draft rounds, you get more diamonds in the rough. More diamonds in the rough, and you can better replace those who decide to go the MLB route. As for investing in young talent, my second point goes through this in detail. You add what I proposed you can develop and invest in more young talent as you have the resources to develop young talent. As is currently, the minor league system is lackluster in accomplishing this goal. To address your second point, I agree the NPB needs to take a more active role in signing players from Taiwan and Korea. Maybe a elimination of the player limit for Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese[further down the road when Chinese baseball hopefully matures] could be added. So my gut feeling, and my hope, is that this new rule basically amounts to an idle threat. Instead of threatening Japanese nationals like this, I’m hoping to see a little more effort to make signing and playing in NPB more appealing, and at the same time, investing a more in developing young talent, particularly young international talent.

Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly. This rule basically amounts to a idle threat, which in the long run if not abolished or rescinded could end up having the opposite effect of what it was intended to do, and that is anger more young talent into leaving NPB.

Moving to the case in point, like I mentioned over at Japanese Baseball, why dont they [NPB] that is explain why you should stay in NPB.

Second, they need to heed Valentine’s call for more minor league teams, expand the draft to include more rounds, and lengthen the season for the minor leagues. As it currently is in ni-gun, there’s hardly enough time to properly develop catchers and pitchers. You add more minor leagues and draft rounds, you get more diamonds in the rough. More diamonds in the rough, and you can better replace those who decide to go the MLB route.

As for investing in young talent, my second point goes through this in detail. You add what I proposed you can develop and invest in more young talent as you have the resources to develop young talent. As is currently, the minor league system is lackluster in accomplishing this goal. To address your second point, I agree the NPB needs to take a more active role in signing players from Taiwan and Korea. Maybe a elimination of the player limit for Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese[further down the road when Chinese baseball hopefully matures] could be added.

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