come clean cashman and tell people the real reason your club didnt try to sign Tazawa
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Because he’s trying to sign Yu Darvish?

brian Cashman old school pleaaaase. i have it on good authrority the only reason Cashman wasnt in on the Tazawa deal was because he was out scouted, his scouts didnt even know Tazawa existed, this is why they didnt try to sign him, they didnt know who he was. Craig Shipley and John Deeble, have beaten the yankees again, Matsuzaka followed by okajima and now Tazawa.

come clean cashman and tell people the real reason your club didnt try to sign Tazawa

Given the finances of some NPB clubs, I can’t see them offering some of the bonuses that ML clubs offer their draft picks. Also clubs can offer ML deals

But it would be interesting to see a first rounder go to Japan and establish himself there.

And I think the MLBPA would have something to say if only because they’re losing a potential client so to speak.

You know, the Japanese Baseball teams are not covered by the MLBPA Basic Agreement.

So, if I were them, I would target the high draft picks of teams who poach on Japanese amateur players. All it would take is a couple of screwed up negotiations, where a team or two winds up paying twice what it thought it would for a 2nd or 3rd round pick, and that should bring the poaching to a rapid halt.

After all, they can’t be charged with tampering or collusion, now, can they? And the MLBPA is certainly not going to object, now, is it?

And to clarify, paying “too much” FOR YOUR OWN DRAFT PICK has nothing to do with pursuing a pool of players that has supposedly been “off limits.” Has nothing to do with morals either since there is nothing wrong with paying a player “over slot.”

It’s not that they (The Yankees) are the only team doing it, they are the worse offenders of it by far.
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I’m going to have to call you on this one. Prove it.

Raf, you’re missing the point. One thing has precisely to do with another. Cash Man plays Mr Moral whenit comes to the Japan thing and will pay through the mose for a draft pick, which I believe is not supposed to be done in MLB with the great regularity that the Yankees do it. It’s not that they are the only team doing it, they are the worse offenders of it by far. IN essence, he doesn’t want to offend the Japanese BUT he doesn’t give a crap about abiding by the rules that govern MLB. It’s as simple as that. BUT your colors as a habitual contarian are showing through big time BTW……..

The Red Sox should try to get this kid if they want him, they’ve had success with ywo Japanese pitchers recently and they have rings to show for it. The Tankees, let’s just say that they have had very bad luck with Japanese pitchers with Igawa making Pavano look like a good signing.

I don’t think a “free market” in amateur players would work in Japan’s favor. Those teams don’t offer the kind of signing bonuses MLB teams do, so I can’t imagine a lot of players going that direction.
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I guess it depends on the case of the player. The article mentions that the Blue Wave went after Mark Schramek, who was selected by the Reds (and should be noted, eventually signed with them).

While I can’t see Japan sending scouts over to the US to scout college players, I can see maybe an agent selling a player on NPB for a comparable amount if they can’t agree to a MLB club’s offer.

My point stands. The Yanks have a gentle’s agreement with the other MLB teams that they won’t illegally pay over slot so what do they do? Break that rule in their own backyard BUT play the morality police when it comes to the Japanese league.
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I think you need to research the history of the MLB draft. Teams have always found ways around the rules, and as a matter of fact the draft was implemented to give the “lesser” teams (for lack of a better term) a level playing ground because they could not compete with the larger market teams.

And going over slot for a draft pick isn’t illegal.

And the point still stands that one has nothing to do with the other.

That’s not the kind of scouting report that would get Theo to make a major league offer for several million dollars on. You can find guys like that in the 30th round of the Draft.