The Sun on Matsuzaka

by EmbassyRow on Nov 1, 2006 12:25 PM EST

According to Jeff Zrebiec, the price to have negotiations with Daisuke Matsuzaka could go as high as $30 million. His contract (he's represented by Scott Boras, oh boy!) could go as high as $70 million.

I know this guy was lights-out in Japan and the WBC, but - $100 million to land him? Is he worth it?

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probably not

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by Scott Christ on Nov 1, 2006 1:32 PM EST reply actions

Who knows?

It's possible.

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by Dr Orpheus on Nov 1, 2006 2:39 PM EST reply actions

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Seems everyone is saying somewhere in the vicinity of $30 million to auction his rights, and the winner gets to negotiate with Boras. That's a real deal. Looking elsewhere for a couple people and increasing your odds one pans out is probably wiser.

As I understand it, if the winning bidder can't reach a deal, the money is returned. I'd really like to see the O's outbid everyone for the contract, then let Boras and Angelos negotiate. The entertainment value would be tremendous, and you know Big Pete would get his money back. It might also do one of the following
(1) Occupy Angelos while Duquette and Flanagan conduct business.
Or (more likely)
(2) Further constipate the FO system so nothing is accomplished.

Given that Angelos will be an obstruction if he isn't otherwise preoccupied, why not give it a try and hope for (1)? And for those who think I'm overreacting about obstructionism, recall that the Sun reported a month or so back that Angelos was not going to give the front office a budget, as he'd prefer to work on a case-by-case basis. I don't know if that is true, but I'm a believer.

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by drj on Nov 1, 2006 4:47 PM EST reply actions

It's a flawed system....

...we should overbid to play spoiler and lowball him. At the very least, It'll keep him out of NYY for the next five years...and then we get our money back.

by Jonnypops on Nov 1, 2006 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

bidding

"we should overbid to play spoiler and lowball him. At the very least, It'll keep him out of NYY for the next five years...and then we get our money back."

From what I've heard from other people, if the wining bidder can't negotiate a deal with Matsuzaka, then the Japanese team has the option of rewarding Matsuzaka's rights to the 2nd winning bidder in order to prevent insincere bids.

"She lifts her skirt up to her knees, walks through garden of roses with her bare feet laughing." Ray Lamontange.

by birdman on Nov 1, 2006 6:22 PM EST up reply actions