Chapman, Darvish And Strasburg

I still wonder whom Darvish will choose when he jumps the pond

"I still wonder whom Darvish will choose when he jumps the pond"

"I really believe Darvish does not want to pitch in America. He already had a shot to get a nice contract in the MLB and turned it down"

He doesn't have a choice where he goes...the team that offers the highest posting fee has exclusive negotiating rights. He hasn't had a shot at a big money deal, he has never been posted. The team gets to decide whether to do that or not.

All have plus stuff but out of all of them, Darvish has faced the toughest competition and fared well.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Yankees overpay for Darvish if/when he becomes available after what happened to them with Dice-K. But seeing as how Darvish won't be available for a while...

...they will likely pay through their nose for Chapman.

Sucks for almost every team not named Yankees, Red Sox & Mets when it comes to throwing money for talent.

Darvish is playing this smart. He will pitch in the MLB but when he chooses. Right now Darvish has no power on choosing who he pitches for and he takes a major pay cut bc of the posting element of NPB system.

With the Red Sox getting Tazawa and other teams joining them in potentially grabbing more young talent, the NPB and MLB are going to have to change the current system, which will include the posting system. IMO, the deal will be that MLB must stay away from Japanese born players under a certain age, similar to college and the NBA's agreement on age, and NPB will let MLB teams compete for NPB players at an earlier stage in their careers.

Darvish is waiting for a change in the system, then he goes where he wants for CC type money. Darvish and his father have stated that Boston is a team and city they like, but under the current system Boston would have to get lucky or drastically overpay like they did for Dice-K.

Darvish is only 22, he will be in the MLB by 25. There will be too much money lost if he stays in NPB.

Darvish is awesome, he's years ahead of Strasburg and Chapman.

Actually the full quote was...

"I love the New York and Boston area. If he ever makes it there, I don't know, it's up to him, anywhere in the States is good, but I personally love New England."

Posted by: SteveG | July 17, 2009 at 04:12 PM

Where did you find that? Not disputing it, but Newsday and the Post both only showed the first part of that.

"I still wonder whom Darvish will choose when he jumps the pond"

"I really believe Darvish does not want to pitch in America. He already had a shot to get a nice contract in the MLB and turned it down"

"He doesn't have a choice where he goes...the team that offers the highest posting fee has exclusive negotiating rights. He hasn't had a shot at a big money deal, he has never been posted. The team gets to decide whether to do that or not."

This is not exactly how it works. He isnt just sold like cattle. He can either wait until he becomes a free agent and come here freely, or he and his team can agree before then to "post" him so that whichever MLB teams wins the rights to negotiate with him for 30 days will have to pay the posting fee to his team as compensation for their loss if he signs. If he doesnt sign in that 30 day window he remains with his Japanese team. But most importantly, he and the team have to agree to post him. If he's a free agent, they have no say in the matter and he's like any other FA.