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Carlos
3 year pact?? yikes
Stephen C. Gilmore
Would love to see the Red Sox go after Otani and develop him in their growing studly minors system. With all that money, this is exactly the type of player they need to put money in, rather than overpaid veterans like Greinke who would blow up in Boston. For all we know, Otani could be another Strasburg, it’ll be fun to watch him develop at the very least.
Wek
Or… for all you know, Otani could be another Greinke, who would blow up in Boston.
Stephen C. Gilmore
100mph throwing 18 year old with nasty stuff, yeah that sounds like a HUGE risk in terms of baseball signings and an old FA pool……. Not. Best case scenario you have a Cy young calibur pitcher on your team for his entire 20’s, worst case scenario you have another prospect fall off in your system like dozens do each year on every team. Plus at that age it’s easier to possibly help anything psychological / emotional that might effect him, though it’s too late in Greinke’s case
Flip U
How’s it too late for Greinke? He took some time away from baseball and got some help for his depression. He since won a Cy Young award and he pitched to 15-5 record, 3.48 ERA, and 200Ks last season. He just turned 29 yrs old and should have a couple more good seasons before he retires.
Flip U
overpaid? Greinke was paid 13.5 million last season which is a modest
paycheck for a pitcher of his caliber. Will he get overpaid next season?
Maybe. Depends on the market for him.
And there’s really no telling how he’ll pitch for Boston. Besides the Yankees, he’s been okay against the AL East teams.
safari_punch
i wonder if Fujikawa can become as good as Sasaki was with the Mariners?
UnknownPoster
Wonder if the Dodgers are hoping Fujikawa will help with Otani. While I have said I don’t think MLB players will have a role with Otani (like Darvish, Ichiro, etc), this could be different as they both will be coming over to MLB together. Otani will go into the minors, but at least they could spend the offseason learning about the US together.
With League, 3 years is a lot, but I don’t mind it. We have money, he was dominant with us and he won’t be relied on being the closer