[新聞] Red Sox, Matsuzaka agree to six-year contract

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By Jon Heyman, SI.com

Daisuke Matsuzaka has reached a deal with the Boston Red Sox for six years, $52 million, a source close to the negotiations has told SI.com. The deal contains escalator clauses that could bring it up to $60 million.

Matsuzaka is en route to Boston with Red Sox officials who traveled to Newport Beach, Calif., on Monday on owner John Henry's plane and said they would return Wednesday with or without Matsuzaka. The team and Matsuzaka had a midnight Thursday EST deadline to reach an agreement.

The Red Sox called a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to introduce shortstop Julio Lugo, who agreed to a $36 million, four-year deal last week. With the top Red Sox brass still en route, manager Terry Francona and assistant general manager Jed Hoyer were to attend that event.

Boston bid $51.1 million last month for the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka. The Red Sox will pay that money to his Japanese team, the Seibu Lions.

If a deal hadn't been reached, Matsuzaka's rights would have remain with the Lions and would not be offered to major league teams again until next November. He is not eligible to become a free agent in Japan until after the 2008 season.

Lucchino and general manager Theo Epstein showed up unannounced in California on Monday for face-to-face talks with Matsuzaka's agent, Scott Boras.

Red Sox officials left the building where Boras' offices are located shortly before 7 p.m. EST Tuesday, returned about four hours later and stayed for 40 minutes before leaving again.

The Red Sox had said they would present their second offer at the meeting. The large amount bid by the Red Sox for Matsuzaka's rights complicated negotiations. Boras said it shouldn't cause the team to decrease the salary he thinks his client deserves.

"Free agent pitchers who are 26 and have Matsuzaka-like ability receive salaries in excess of $100 million over five or six years in free agency," Boras said at a news conference Monday night.

Epstein agreed Matsuzaka is worth $100 million, but his calculations include the posting fee.

"That magnitude is certainly the right ballpark for the commitment of the ballclub," Epstein said

Matsuzaka has a 108-60 career record in Japan with a 2.95 ERA and 1,355 strikeouts in 204 games. He was MVP of the inaugural World Baseball Classic last March, won by Japan.


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→ molukino:6年60M?
→ molukino:看錯 好像是52M
→ nsync1220:價錢蠻低的
推 ckcson:便宜到令人流口水~~
推 nsync1220:推樓上 加上入札金 也才約17M/yr 以今年的FA市場來看
→ nsync1220:算是很不貴的大物了!
→ scal:Damn Cashman, he should really sign D-Mat
推 bluedoll:也許Red Sox也間接幫了我們忙，井川的價碼大概拉不高了
→ bluedoll:他們今年已經簽了兩個不怎麼好的合約，Matsu這個只能打平
→ bluedoll:與其盼望Sox花錢，壓低井川的價碼對我們才是真的有利的事
推 eilgreen:是阿 松板不用九百萬 那井川慶也不會太貴囉
→ bryon:壓到5百左右吧…簽個25m/5y..配合入札金.一年約花一千
推 TurtleTail:有點期待..不知道他的表現會如何
推 boy0:既然在紅襪 那只好打爆他了
推 eilgreen:松土反對決松井  加上王以及井川  又添話題囉
推 Boyzone:會不會太便宜了點
推 bigsun0709:一年17M還叫很不貴..(茶) 賽揚等級的價錢了~
推 Quasars:大家好像把今年混亂的市場當理所當然了...( ′-`)y-～
推 richertkk:阿宅可能會便宜賣了..預估是4M左右..不過在等等囉..
推 asdfzx:Wang的超級對手 終於來了~ 松井和宅男要挺Wang啊~
推 godblesssam:一切都是襪子GM和波拉斯的機關算盡..
推 gerkk:簽六年 .. 紅襪就保佑松板的手不要爆掉
推 eric2003002:既然在紅襪 那只好打爆他了
推 airplanes:也好..基襪大戰的開機率又多了一堆東亞電視
推 spree8:既然在紅襪 那只好打爆他了
推 mingshau:加上行銷廣大的日本市場 一年17M一點都不貴 紅襪賺到了
→ fjjkk:隔壁歡聲雷動
→ asdfzx:行銷廣大的日本市場論點莫再提,無根據 詳見爬文
→ asdfzx:至於17M值不值 那是襪版討論的東西 基版負責打爆維尼而已
推 dmkk42:錢對NY會是一個很大的問題嗎@@