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Braves Offer Tazawa Major League Contract
8:09pm: According to John Hickey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mariners scouts met with Tazawa today. The Yankees will not pursue Tazawa.
7:25pm: O'Brien has more. He says the Braves made a multiyear offer to Tazawa, and will know his decision in a few weeks. In an earlier post, O'Brien passed along a rumor that the Braves' offer topped the $6MM Pedro Alvarez received.
4:10pm: According to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Braves offered Junichi Tazawa a Major League contract. O'Brien says the Red Sox, Mariners, Cubs, and Marlins are also interested in the 22 year-old pitcher. This offer could put the Braves in the lead, but the dollar amount is unknown.
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Man, Frank Wren needs to stop tipping his hand so much. This is just telling other teams what they need to do to sign a player
Posted by: desertbraves | November 04, 2008 at 04:23 PM
I think that came from a Japanese source, not Frank Wren.
Posted by: daslied | November 04, 2008 at 04:25 PM
Good move by the Braves. They really need some young MLB pitching with good potential, because guys like Reyes, Morton, and James likely will never by much more than solid 4/5 starters. Tazawa seems to have the potential to be a very good pitcher, and he could front a very interesting rotation with Jair Jurrjens and Tommy Hanson.
Posted by: scribbletone | November 04, 2008 at 04:28 PM
I have to think the Braves are the favorites now... it's a great idea to give 22 year olds from the Japanese minor leagues major league contracts... that's for sure
Posted by: Jeteristheman | November 04, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Well I guess hat means no chance for the Buccos.
Posted by: BucSox | November 04, 2008 at 04:46 PM
This would be one part of the puzzle. If the Braves are able to get Peavy relatively cheaply and sign Tazawa, a second-half rotation that includes Peavy, Jurrjens, Tazawa, and Hanson could be very good down the stretch.
Posted by: TheBaseballOpinion | November 04, 2008 at 04:52 PM
Jeteristheman,
You do realize that 21 year old college players also get major league deals at times, and that's when only one team is bidding for their services.
Posted by: nixa37 | November 04, 2008 at 04:56 PM
Braves have to be the front runners at this point this signing would make sense and if Tazawa can adjust to the MLB and the Braves do acquire Jake Peavy, they can have a extremely competitive rotation now and in the future...
Posted by: BaseballFanatic40 | November 04, 2008 at 04:57 PM
Also correct me if there's been an update but didn't he make clear that his dominant preference was to go to the red sox? not 100% on that but i know i read it somewhere when the speculation started surrounding tazawa.
Posted by: Santana/Beckett FTW | November 04, 2008 at 05:10 PM
started*
Posted by: Santana/Beckett FTW | November 04, 2008 at 05:10 PM
nixa
And I disagree with those as well. Why the Yankees gave Andrew Brackman a major league deal has me confused as well. 21 year olds should NEVER get major league contracts. They aren't proven (and it makes teams speed up the development of the pitcher which can completely F the pitcher up)
Posted by: Jeteristheman | November 04, 2008 at 05:18 PM
Dumb. Watch him turn out to be worse then Kei Igawa
Posted by: BLEEDINGCUBBIEBLUE | November 04, 2008 at 05:22 PM
"Dumb. Watch him turn out to be worse then Kei Igawa"
he would have to put out chippers eye during bp to be that BAD
Posted by: 661dodgerblue | November 04, 2008 at 05:37 PM
"Dumb. Watch him turn out to be worse then Kei Igawa"
I don't think that's humanly possible
Posted by: Jeteristheman | November 04, 2008 at 05:51 PM
I assume they will start Tazawa at a minor league level, probably AA ball, then bring him up (yes, they can do that on a MLB deal).
Posted by: melonis rex | November 04, 2008 at 06:49 PM
With an "equivalent first-round" (from what I've read) pitching talent his age is this even a big deal? Unless I remember wrong, it just means the team is forced to burn an option every year. They'd still have 3 years to develop him in the minors.
Posted by: gfulla | November 04, 2008 at 07:09 PM
Does someone have a scouting report on Tazawa?
Posted by: tinski | November 04, 2008 at 07:32 PM
'In an earlier post, O'Brien passed along a rumor that the Braves' offer topped the $6MM Pedro Alvarez received'.
Does this mean Boras is going to try to void Alvarez's contract again??
Posted by: MPM | November 04, 2008 at 07:44 PM
man i am starting to love frank wren, but he does have a lot of green to spend so, no surprise
Posted by: tntnhhs | November 04, 2008 at 08:20 PM
Does this mean Boras is going to try to void Alvarez's contract again??
LOL
Posted by: 661dodgerblue | November 04, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Awesome move by the Braves! I really think that this will appeal to a new market and will bring in some money.
Posted by: ChiefTomahawk | November 04, 2008 at 08:51 PM
The only way he could be worse than Igawa is if he ends up costing the Braves more than 46 million dollars and he gets sent down to AAA for the rest of his career. Yea, no farkin way he could top Igawa.
Posted by: SierraM | November 04, 2008 at 08:51 PM
If Theo thinks Tazawa is a top prospect he will top any offer the Braves made. Theo isn't shy about paying big cash to young players if he really likes them.
Posted by: SierraM | November 04, 2008 at 08:53 PM
Personally I think it will come down to if Tawaza would rather pitch in Atlanta, Seattle, or Boston. A lot of players prefer warm weather but there's a Japanese group in Seattle and Boston. No idea right now though I think this would be a much better idea for Wren than Peavy as long as he keeps it under 10 mill.
Posted by: insomniac | November 04, 2008 at 08:59 PM
SierraM you may be right but its about the offer. The Braves are showing that they want to contend nex year with this offer.
Posted by: ChiefTomahawk | November 04, 2008 at 09:07 PM
If the Red Sox are really the front runners, this may be the only way another team can grab him. Good move by the Braves if they can steal him.
Posted by: SierraM | November 04, 2008 at 09:45 PM
"Awesome move by the Braves! I really think that this will appeal to a new market and will bring in some money."
Oh, the marketability is great.
I don't think Tazawa gets the contract that Igawa/Dice-K got because he does not have the professional experience. He's going to be treated more as a prospect than guys like Igawa, Dice-K, etc., although he will get a nice contract.
Posted by: melonis rex | November 05, 2008 at 12:49 AM
"The Braves are showing that they want to contend nex year with this offer. "
I'd disagree with next year.
Tazawa has little-none professional experience. I'd assume they start him out in say, AA ball, and let him work his way up. My guess: he's up by late 2009.
Posted by: melonis rex | November 05, 2008 at 12:51 AM
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/braves/entries/2008/11/04/braves_serious.html?cxntfid=blogs_braves
"One major league team official told me today that Tazawa is comparable to Tim Hudson, but with a better curveball. He was described as a “battler” who has a mid-90s fastball, a split-finger pitch and a big, old-school 12-to-6 curveball (that’s a term that refers to the big downward break of the pitch, as in the 12 and 6 o’clock positions on a clock)."
Posted by: SierraM | November 05, 2008 at 01:11 AM