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Mets Reach Agreement With Hisanori Takahashi

By Tim Dierkes | February 11, 2010 at 1:15pm CDT

The Mets reached an agreement with Hisanori Takahashi on a minor league deal that will pay the lefty $1MM if he's in the majors. The deal also includes up to $2MM in performance bonuses.

Takahashi, 35 in April, is a flyball/command pitcher who can fill a swingman role. The Mets, who signed Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi earlier this offseason, could start Takahashi in the minors. 

In 144 innings for the Yomiuri Giants, Takahashi pitched to a 2.94 ERA. He had good strikeout (7.9 K/9) and walk (2.3 BB/9) rates, too.

ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reported that the sides reached an agreement after David Waldstein of the New York Times reported they were on the verge of one. Crasnick, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports and Waldstein added financial details (Twitter links). Before that, NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman passed along a Sports Hochi report indicating that Takahashi would sign with the Mets or Dodgers.

Ben Nicholson-Smith contributed to this post.

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34 Comments

  1. Rootdown

    16 years ago

    Shouldn’t have waited until he was 35.

    Reply
    • TimotheusATL

      16 years ago

      Probably had to in order to avoid the posting fee system. NPB free agency is way different from MLB.

      Reply
  2. darthvader87

    16 years ago

    Well that’s an interesting two finalists. Expected the Dodgers. Not so much the Mets.

    Reply
  3. diehardmets

    16 years ago

    Sounds like he’d be a good fit with the Mets. Citi Field will hold his flyballs. He’d be another good bullpen member/spot starter.

    Reply
  4. brocnessmonster

    16 years ago

    We just resigned Jeff Weaver…

    Reply
  5. dire straits

    16 years ago

    35? Pass.

    Reply
  6. Metsfan

    16 years ago

    #Mets ‘on verge’ of agreement with Takahashi…via twitter

    Reply
  7. Metsfan

    16 years ago

    oh i so called that!

    Reply
  8. flumesalot

    16 years ago

    Good move by the Mets (Sparing the Dodgers) =)

    Reply
    • dodgers_suck

      16 years ago

      the dodgers were so close again.

      Reply
  9. darthvader87

    16 years ago

    So much for that “he prefers the West Coast” nonsense we heard earlier. Just like Sabathia preferred the West Coast right?

    Reply
    • flumesalot

      16 years ago

      It’s okay, I prefer baked beans to Lima’s.

      Reply
  10. wright_is_my_boy

    16 years ago

    lefties hit .300 against this guy… i know its on a minor league deal, but tons of guys are getting minor league deals with a real chance of making the big league club this off season .. i like what the mets are doing when it comes to the pen and outfield/infield depth… but do they know what starting pitching is??

    Reply
  11. NYBravosFan10

    16 years ago

    wow, good for the mets they finally did something. Now just sign one of the remaining starting pitchers remaining so when the season comes around your team doesn’t crash totally into the ground.

    Reply
    • Brad426

      16 years ago

      Agreed. Just 1 decent 4th starter so they aren’t relying so much on Pelfrey and it isn’t a terrible rotation any more.

      Reply
  12. empathizerightonyourbehind

    16 years ago

    next stop: super bowl.

    Reply
  13. rockvssingleparents

    16 years ago

    I love that almost every positive comment about this signing says something about how “Citi-field will hold his flyballs”. What’s going to happen when they’re on the road?

    Reply
    • icedrake523

      16 years ago

      Philadelphia is the only hitter’s park in the NL East.

      Reply
      • start_wearing_purple

        16 years ago

        Actually no. Sun Life Stadium (Marlins) is more of a hitters park than anything in the NL East. And while Turner Field is clearly a pitchers park, Nationals Park is pretty much dead center. Also add in that Citi Field will become more of a hitters field next year. According to the New York Daily News, Citi Field’s center field wall is being cut down by 8 feet.

        Reply
        • jking21

          16 years ago

          turner field is a pitchers park, built for the glavine maddux and smoltz era

          Reply
      • rockvssingleparents

        16 years ago

        Even so, they play a lot of games outside of their division too. I’m not saying this is a horrible move, I just thought that was a funny “look a the bright side” kind of reaction.

        Reply
  14. icedrake523

    16 years ago

    What happened to “The Mets don’t have anymore money” theory?

    Reply
    • flumesalot

      16 years ago

      A mere technicality… Wilpon had a jar full of Yen in the cupboard

      Reply
      • start_wearing_purple

        16 years ago

        That’s gotta be a damn big jar. $1M USD is worth almost $90M yen.

        Reply
  15. Roy Munson

    16 years ago

    The Mets just keep on rolling…

    Reply
  16. 101andcounting

    16 years ago

    Oh Omar – you (and maybe Dayton Moore) are the only GM who makes Hendry look like he knows what he’s doing.

    Reply
  17. Spirit of '69

    16 years ago

    Deals like this are just a big “whateverrrr.” All the Mets seem to be doing when it comes to pitching is taking flyers on a bunch of guys. They’re hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with one or two of them. Great plan ya got there fellas. You’ve got a stud and four huge question marks in that rotation, you’re scaring NOBODY. You’re getting laughed at. Better hope some of these guys actually step up because winning only once every five days will leave you out of the race by June and your spanking new ballpark is gonna be a ghost town. Unless of course you want to get serious and build a pitching staff.

    Reply
  18. Art 2

    16 years ago

    How can the Mets not have there pitching and catching set. A lack of planning or lack of funds. Why sign a player like Jason Bay unless there was money available for other players to compete.

    Reply

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