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7年/$155M  投手第五大約
僅次於 KERSHAW、CC、VERLANDER、King Felix這些CY等級的投手

太扯了,一球未投耶!!!

Yankees To Sign Masahiro Tanaka

Yankees To Sign Masahiro Tanaka
By Steve Adams [January 22, 2014 at 8:42am CST]

The Yankees will sign Masahiro Tanaka to a massive seven-year, $155MM
contract that contains an opt-out after the fourth season, according to Ken
Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Tanaka is represented by Excel Sports
Management -- the same agents that negotiated Clayton Kershaw's
record-setting extension.


Tanaka's contract is the largest ever open-market deal for a right-handed
free agent pitcher and trails only CC Sabathia's $161MM contract (also issued
by the Yankees) for largest free agent contract in history. In terms of "new
money," Tanaka's deal eclipses all previous pitcher contracts with the
exception of Kershaw and Sabathia. While the total contract values of Justin
Verlander ($180MM) and Felix Hernandez ($175MM) both exceed $155MM, each of
those deals was an extension on top of two guaranteed years, meaning they
contain $140MM and $135.5MM of "new money," respectively, as outlined last
year by MLBTR's Tim Dierkes.



Of course, the Yankees are paying more than just $155MM for Tanaka, as they
will also owe a $20MM posting fee to the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon
Professional Baseball -- Tanaka's former team in Japan. The Yankees are
placing a great deal of faith in Tanaka, spending a Felix-Hernandez-sized
investment in order to secure his services.

Tanaka's stats in Japan indicate that he's worth the risk. The 6'2",
205-pound right-hander famously went 24-0 in Japan this season with an
unthinkable 1.27 ERA, averaging 7.8 K/9, 1.4 BB/9, 0.3 HR/9 and just 7.1 H/9.
In his 212 innings this season, Tanaka's electric fastball and lethal
splitter -- which is the regarded by some scouts as the best splitter in the
world -- led to just six home runs by opposing batters.

Tanaka suffered just one loss overall in his historic 2013 season -- a
160-pitch (yes, 160) complete-game loss in Game 6 of the Japan Series (NPB's
championship series). Incredibly, Tanaka asked for the ball the very next day
and closed out the Golden Eagles' championship victory by throwing 15 pitches
in the series clincher.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/masahiro-tanaka/
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