Tanaka to the Yankees!

[BigDDude]

It's not common sense, it's being frugal, which is perfectly acceptable. If teams don't want to get into these bidding wars, I completely get it, but that's simply not reality. Plenty of teams have given out outrageous, market-obliterating contracts over the past 20 years in baseball. They're not all the Yankees, Dodgers, Angels, Red Sox and Cubs.

Again, at the end of the day, I just will never understand why we begrudge the players making the money they make when the leagues generate the revenue they do. It's completely backwards. If we're going to begrudge anyone (not saying we should), it should be the guy in the luxury box sipping cocktails and counting all the risk-free money he's making. Owners are a necessary part of the equation, but they make a way bigger cut than the value they bring to the product.

Speaking just for myself, any negitive feelings I have about players and salaries is only from jealousy. Other than that, I would wonder why people get upset?

As for whom exactly to point the blame on salaries going through the roof over the last 40 years ( coming just after 80 years of ownser paying guys vertual peanuts ), I will let folks smarter than myself figure that out.

At this point, I feel that everyone involved is getting paid more that they should, with my main issue being the financial disparity between the rich teams and poor teams, and wish & hope that something could happen to bring a better balance to the sport.

I also know that they likelyhood of this being slim and none, so I try not to lose any sleep over it regardless.

 

[Jims_Doors]

All comes down to how these new TV contracts work out As long as TV pays for baseball it will be fine

Could be wrong but I remember reading that the Dodgers, with their TV contract, make 300+ million before they even sell a single ticket.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Sure they do.

How so?

 

[Jims_Doors]

Speaking just for myself, any negitive feelings I have about players and salaries is only from jealousy. Other than that, I would wonder why people get upset?

As for whom exactly to point the blame on salaries going through the roof over the last 40 years ( coming just after 80 years of ownser paying guys vertual peanuts ), I will let folks smarter than myself figure that out.

At this point, I feel that everyone involved is getting paid more that they should, with my main issue being the financial disparity between the rich teams and poor teams, and wish & hope that something could happen to bring a better balance to the sport.

I also know that they likelyhood of this being slim and none, so I try not to lose any sleep over it regardless.

This!!

 

[navamind]

But how's his gyroball?

 

[broncosmitty]

6th largest contract ever given to a pitcher... for a minor leaguer who's never thrown a pitch in the bigs.

Craziness.

 

[$500 Million]

But how's his gyroball?

It goes 122 MPH, it stops half way then starts up again.

 

[BigDDude]

It goes 122 MPH, it stops half way then starts up again.

That sounds kind of familiar..........

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Lot of money for a question mark pitcher

 

[R.J. MacReady]

Lot of money for a question mark pitcher

a ship in the harbor is safe ....but that is not what ships are built for.

 

[Nyfan1980]

The Yankees invested a lot of resources in scouting this guy. They have seen him pitch against ML hitters before and what is interesting is he used a ML baseball in bullpen sessions to throw instead of their ball. They think this guy rises up in the big games and will deal with the pressure well.

 

[BigDDude]

a ship in the harbor is safe ....but that is not what ships are built for.

 

[Lemon Harang Pie]

The Yankees invested a lot of resources in scouting this guy. They have seen him pitch against ML hitters before and what is interesting is he used a ML baseball in bullpen sessions to throw instead of their ball. They think this guy rises up in the big games and will deal with the pressure well.

Yeah but they invested a lot of resources in scouting Irabu and Kei Igawa too.

I don't know why teams insist on shelling out big cash for Japanese (and Cuban!) players. The hits are far, far fewer then the misses.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

The Yankees invested a lot of resources in scouting this guy. They have seen him pitch against ML hitters before and what is interesting is he used a ML baseball in bullpen sessions to throw instead of their ball. They think this guy rises up in the big games and will deal with the pressure well.

I don't care how much resources they spent scouting the guy. There is no justification of giving a guy a contract that is the 5th largest in the MLB history for a pitcher, when he has never thrown a pitch in the MLB.

You want to know how bad the hitter's are in the Japan. Casey McGhee was 2nd in the league in homeruns and 15th in the league in hitting, after hitting .223 and .217 his last two years in the MLB with 22 homeruns total in 270 games, before signing to go to Japan.

 

[Nyfan1980]

Yeah but they invested a lot of resources in scouting Irabu and Kei Igawa too.

I don't know why teams insist on shelling out big cash for Japanese (and Cuban!) players. The hits are far, far fewer then the misses.

No. Irabu and Igawa weren't even close to how good Tanaka is and the only reason they signed Igawa was because they lost out on Dice K.

 

[Nyfan1980]

Reports say the Yankees are considering Stephen Drew now.

 

[navamind]

 

[Lemon Harang Pie]

No. Irabu and Igawa weren't even close to how good Tanaka is and the only reason they signed Igawa was because they lost out on Dice K.

They certainly didn't invest the kind of money they invested in Irabu and Igawa because they thought they were going to have the careers they did.

 

[Lemon Harang Pie]

That may be one of the best covers I've seen in a long time.

I might have to pick up a copy just on the off chance I catch Tanaka at a signing.

 

[mike hunt]

Brian Cashman thinks Tanaka will be a solid number three starter how does he give this guy 155 million plus the posting fee to be a number three.

Yanks ruining baseball again..