Comments on: Yu Darvish: Like Dice-K, only more so

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:36:37 +0000

Seems simple enough for this idiot.

I think this is the guiding principle for most of the people here…

By: jama

jama — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:35 +0000

If I were the Twins I would Post a $200 million bid with no intention of signing the player. The player ends up back in Japan and no other teams in MLB have what is suppose to be a good pitcher. Seems simple enough for this idiot.

By: MR

MR — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:57:35 +0000

In the article, it says that a player has to play for 9 years before they’re eligible for free agency, or else the Japanese team can sell them before that 9 years is up. So if they were willing to wait 9 years, they’d be a free agent and could just start negotiating with any team. But because the Japanese team has the rights to them already, they can do whatever they want, including forcing a fee for negotiation.
There is also talk of some Japanese players trying to get into the US system right out of high school, without signing a pro contract in Japan. Then they could (probably?) just be drafted.

By: Joker

Joker — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:55:37 +0000

What’s the big deal? He’s got a family to feed. You know how much Sushi costs in the United States?

By: The Hootie

The Hootie — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:43:03 +0000

I think the reason teams have to pay these fees instead of drafting the guys is because they are already under contract by a team in Japan. They’re basically buying the contract out from the Japanese team.

I also don’t think they can enter the draft because they’ve played professionally in Japan.

By: jama

jama — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:28:39 +0000

I sure hope Canada is in there somewhere between Russia and Myanmar. Those damn Canucks still owe us for taking their Canadian quarters for all those years.

By: Local Quipster

Local Quipster — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:17:34 +0000

The US could just annex Japan and then make Japanese players be in the US Draft, but they will have to wait until we’re finished with Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Lebanon, Russia, and Myanmar. They will be ahead of all of Africa and the Netherlands.

By: jama

jama — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:12:45 +0000

Why don’t these guys go through a draft process? I hate baseball for this reason. You have to give money to a team just to talk about thinking about signing a player. Otherwise you can go down to Latin America and sign a 14 year old that you say is 16 for way too much money. Why aren’t all players drafted like in other sports? Is there any other team sport where a player doesn’t potentially have the chance to be drafted.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:08:00 +0000

I can see it now: opening day 2010, Yu Darvish starting on the mound for the Twins. And also playing center, right, short and first.

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:27:37 +0000

ESPN will undoubtedly use “Whirling Darvish” at some point…

In fact, I don’t know why they didn’t use it for this headline…