[新聞] Matsuzaka Expected to Attract Record Bids

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New York Times

By REUTERS
Published: November 7, 2006
Filed at 8:22 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is expected to
attract record bids from Major League Baseball teams, who have until
Wednesday to submit offers for the negotiating rights to the Seibu Lions
righthander.

Rated the best pitcher ever developed in Japan, Matsuzaka has attracted
interest from many teams including baseball's most storied franchises, the
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs.

Teams, however, will have to pay a record price just to talk to Matsuzaka,
with negotiating rights expected to fetch $25-30 million.

Six years ago the Seattle Mariners paid $13.1 million to Orix Blue Wave for
the rights to all-star Gold Glove outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.

Interested teams must submit offers to the Japan commissioner's office by
Wednesday's 1700 EST deadline.

The office will then notify Seibu officials of the highest offer and the team
will have four days to accept or reject the bid.

The winning bid will not be made public until the Seibu Lions agree to accept
the offer. The major league team will then have 30 days to reach a contract
agreement with Matsuzaka.

If no agreement can be reached Seibu must return the posting fee and the
26-year-old pitcher will wait one more year to restart the process.

``He is a guy that is a free agent out there,'' New York Mets general manager
Omar Minaya told MLB.com. ``I really don't want other teams to know our
feelings on him, our evaluations of him and what we think of him.''

The Most Valuable Player of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, Matsuzaka
comes armed with an array of pitches and according to scouts is ready to step
into any major league team's starting rotation.

Matsuzaka has dominated Japan's Pacific League for eight seasons, leading the
rankings in wins three times and strikeouts four times while compiling a
record of 108-60.


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