npbtracker.com - 11/24/2008
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Just when it looked like the bidding war for Junichi Tazawa was going to end before it started, the Rangers stepped in and made things interesting. Texas director of Asia-Pacific scouting Jim Colborn met with Tazawa for nearly two hours, and reportedly made the best offer yet received. No ...
npbtracker.com - 11/23/2008
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npbtracker.com —
Sanspo is reporting that Red Sox VP for
international scouting Craig Shipley spent 1 hour 50 minutes...
negotiating with Junichi Tawaza , resulting in a $6M contract offer . No word on whether it’s a major league deal or not. The Yomiuri has a brief ...
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Red Sox Offer Tazawa $6M
mlbtraderumors.com - 11/23/2008
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mlbtraderumors.com —
Patrick Newman at NPB Tracker is reporting that
Red Sox vice president of international scouting, Craig Shipley,...
had formal negotiations with Junichi Tazawa , which resulted in a $6MM contract offer. No word yet on whether or not it's a Major League ...
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Red Sox Make Offer To Tazawa
weei.com - 11/25/2008
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weei.com —
Junichi Tazawa seems unlikely to inspire half of
New England to spend a day hitting the refresh...
button on their browsers while tracking the progress of his flight to Boston. The amateur pitcher from Japan will not inspire the rock-star following that accompanied Daisuke Matsuzaka’s arrival ...
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Baseball Time in Arlington —
... The Rangers' bid, while evidently "the most attractive in terms of contract amount and duration" of any of the offers Tazawa has fielded to date (and the apparent product of a two-hour meeting between Tazawa and the Rangers' director of Pacific Rim operations, Jim Colborn, ...
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Uwe Blog —
... traded Mayberry Jr. to the Phillies for outfield prospect Greg Golson. Golson is only 22 and played at Double-A Reading with a brief stint in the Majors. He has speed (23 steals), some power (13 homers, 18 doubles) and decent average (.282). Unfortunately, he strikes out a lot (130 Ks in 2008). With Mayberry out of the mix, that leaves four 40-man spots open for the likes of Jose Vallejo, Pedro Strop and Omar Poveda. **** The Rangers allegedly made an offer on 22-year-old Japanese hurler Junichi Tazawa. Mini scouting report: He has good ...
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mlb.fanhouse.com 11/24/2008 — On the heels of the news that Red Sox had offered Junichi Tazawa a $6 million deal, word coming out of Tokyo today says that Tazawa has received another "lucrative" offer, this time from the Texas Rangers, and that the 22-year-old expects to decide on a Major League team soon.
Rangers enter Tazawa sweepstakes
mlb.mlb.com 11/24/2008 — The Rangers are one of four teams that have made serious offers to Japanese free agent pitcher Junichi Tazawa, his manager told the Kyodo News in Japan.
Hideaki Okubo, manager of the Nippon Oil team that Tazawa pitches for, said the Braves, Red Sox and Mariners are also involved. Okubo said ...
Searching for Tazawa
rangersblog.dallasnews.com 11/24/2008 — The intertubes are full of Junichi Tazawa talk. I've spent much of the afternoon trying to track down some facts to go with the talk. Right now, the 22-year-old's fate seems to be a well-guarded secret of the Orient. The...
Details on Boston’s Offer to Tazawa
npbtracker.com 11/24/2008 — Sponichi has published a detailed account of the contract Boston offered to Junichi Tazawa. The article also quotes ”They want me to come over, and I understand how I can develop. I feel like it’s a good team”. Nikkan Sports is ...
Rumor mill: Moving on after Tazawa
rangersblog.dallasnews.com 11/25/2008 — We went through Junichi Tazawa mania here yesterday. Almost as soon as reports out of Japan said the Rangers made an offer to the right-handed pitcher, reports out of Japan were saying, never mind all that, he's going to sign...
