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Retnan
They can do that?
Karkat
I *think* the player has a chance to just be like “nope” and get out of the contract?
Bobby Sweet
Last I knew, yes, the player usually tells management that they’re interested in going to Japan, and they gauge interest.
swing1
I guess you could say Allen has taken his talents out of south beach
mmiller54
And to SoftBank.
Rich
Tampa Bay is no where close to south beach…
AaronAngst
… I wonder what the price tag was? I would’ve liked to have acquired him for my slow pitch softball team. Bet he would’ve mashed.
Superbrain786
That’s messed up!
tommyboy
Wasn’t this a prank pulled by the Phillies a few years ago?
Commander_Nate
Dipoto, stop whatever you’re doing and sell Wells and Santana to Nippon Ham. All that money the Rangers gave them for Darvish could bail us out.
Jeff McCoy
Allen: “All right, what are my choices?”
Maddon: “Well, they aren’t exactly choices Brandon. We only had one taker so we took.”
Allen: “Not Cleveland. Say it’s not Cleveland!”
Maddon: “…Not Cleveland.”
Karkat
I keep seeing “Ray Allen” in this headline and it’s giving me anger.
GoRav114
I don’t understand, a 26 year old hitting .283 in AAA is not good enough?
Monkey’s Uncle
So, does he count as an export when they figure out international trade statistics?