Comments on: Tazawa Promoted

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:46:22 +0000

Also, WEEI says Tazawa will start for the Red Sox on Tuesday.

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:13:28 +0000

Yeah, if its that, he will definetly play in MLB. Though my belief is that his agent is only using this as a negotiation ploy for more money.

Though it was a interesting what if he went to play in NPB after rejecting to sign with the Rangers and go to NPB, where if I recall correctly he be counted as a foriegn player and doesn’t abide by the same free agency rules that Japanese-born NPB players have to. To sum up what I’m saying it be interesting if he did a Cecil Fielder(who signed a 2 year contract IIRC) like contract(which IIRC allowed him to opt-out) to go to MLB. Only reason I brought it up is if Scheppers did go to NPB, how would MLB recognize him as? A free agent? Or subject to the draft?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:56:10 +0000

My thoughts are that the best way for an MLB player to make a lot of money is to perform well and get to salary arbitration quickly. If that’s what Scheppers is after, he’d likely be better off taking the Rangers’ offer.

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:11:50 +0000

There are exactly one dozen NPB teams

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. That if true would be every team in NPB.

By: simon

simon — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:19:49 +0000

There are exactly one dozen NPB teams.

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:37:21 +0000

It looks like MLB draft pick, Tanner Scheppers, is trying to use NPB as a bait to get MLB teams to take him seriously. His agent is setting up a audition which has at least a dozen NPB teams there. Also from what the article says there were NPB scouts that have seen him before when he played for the St.Paul Saints(Brian Buchanan I'm thinking who played with Softbank a few years back). Your thoughts?