Maeda To Dodgers

[NWinAZ]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 49m49 minutes ago

Hearing from a baseball source, kenta maeda and dodgers are in agreement. No word on $. @DfineNrmLC all over this one

 

[NWinAZ]

Christopher Meola, who broke the news of the Dodgers agreeing to a deal with Kenta Maeda on Thursday, reports that the deal is an eight-year pact worth $24 million plus incentives.

According to Meola, the right-hander can earn an additional $10-12 million per season in incentives. It's certainly a creative way to structure the deal, as the Dodgers are only guaranteeing $3 million a year, limiting their overall risk. The 27-year-old hurler registered a 2.09 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 175/41 K/BB ratio over 206 1/3 innings in his final season in Japan.

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Nice deal. M's, where were you on this?

 

[Podunkparte]

I'm gonna go ahead and guess a lot of teams were in on him, but for a guy coming from Japan, the Los Angeles Dodgers are just a more interesting thing than the Seattle Mariners. If the Yankees signed him it would be no different. Now, if he signed with the Brewers I'd be with you in asking why we weren't more involved.

 

[NWinAZ]

I'm gonna go ahead and guess a lot of teams were in on him, but for a guy coming from Japan, the Los Angeles Dodgers are just a more interesting thing than the Seattle Mariners. If the Yankees signed him it would be no different. Now, if he signed with the Brewers I'd be with you in asking why we weren't more involved.

He said he only wanted west coast so that narrowed it down. He is friends with Kuma and Aoki per article so we had that going for us as well. Obviously we had the ownership angle as well. What we didn't have is the willingness to spend more money even for a Japanese player which tells you something.

 

[SeattleCoug]

Nice deal. M's, where were you on this?

The same spot they always are on players like this unless its a bargain like Kuma.

 

[NWinAZ]

The same spot they always are on players like this unless its a bargain like Kuma.

But it was a bargain and only pays if he succeeds. Doesn't get better than that.

 

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Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 44m44 minutes ago

Source says #Dodgers-Kenta Maeda deal is taking a while because of concerns over his elbow. Expected to be official in next day or 2.