startelegramsports.typepad.com - 11/24/2008
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The coach for Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa said the Rangers have offered the 22-year-old right-hander a multiyear contract that is more financially lucrative than any other team has offered, according to this story. General manager Jon Daniels denied via...
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
boston.com - 11/25/2008
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boston.com —
Reports coming out of Japan indicate that the
Red Sox are the choice of coveted amateur pitcher...
Junichi Tazawa, a 22-year-old righthander who idolizes Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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Reports: Tazawa will likely choose Sox
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Rangers after Tazawa
Lone Star Ball —
Jeff Wilson says the Rangers may have made a strong offer for 22 year old RHP Junichi Tazawa, who is a free agent over in Japan:
The coach for Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa said the Rangers have offered the 22-year-old right-hander a multiyear contract that is more financially lucrative than any other team has offered, according to this story.
Jon Daniels, though, denied yesterday that the Rangers were going to meet with him.
Musing On Clay Buchholz and Junichi Tazawa
Baseball Time in Arlington —
... of a two-hour meeting between Tazawa and the Rangers' director of Pacific Rim operations, Jim Colborn, who classifies his fastball as merely "average" but his breaking pitches as "above-average"), is thought to be behind Boston's ...
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Rangers after Tazawa
lonestarball.com 11/24/2008 — Jeff Wilson says the Rangers may have made a strong offer for 22 year old RHP Junichi Tazawa, who is a free agent over in Japan:
The coach for Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa said the Rangers have offered the 22-year-old right-hander ...
Not So Fast, Boston: Rangers Make Offer to Tazawa
npbtracker.com 11/24/2008 — 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 ...
LEAD: Baseball: Tazawa gets offer from Rangers, nearing decision+
breitbart.com 11/24/2008 — TOKYO, Nov. 24 (AP) - (Kyodo)(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) Highly regarded Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa received a lucrative offer from the Texas Rangers on Monday and is expected to decide on his future shortly, his manager said. "Now ...
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 ...
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...
Rangers have interest in Tazawa | texasrangers.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/10/2008 — ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are among the teams who have explored the possibility of pursuing Japanese right-handed pitcher Junichi Tazawa, a 22-year-old right-hander who is trying to come to the United States. Rangers officials declined to specify ...
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...
Junichi Tazawa Gets Another Big Offer, Expects to Decide Soon
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.
Tazawa announcement
boston.com 12/4/2008 — The Red Sox will formally announce the signing of Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa during a 3 p.m. press conference this afternoon at Fenway Park. The 22-year-old Tazawa reached an agreement with the Sox on a three-year contract worth roughly $3...
Kevin Goldstein Q&A: Part I
bbtia.com 12/6/2008 — Q: If the Rangers get close to pulling off a big deal for an established star pitcher, who am I not including from the Rangers' long list of pitching prospects?
- KT
Goldstein: I don't believe any player is off-limits. I think that is a ...
