The Oakland A's successfully bid for the rights to the so-called 2nd best pitcher in Japan behind Yu Darvish. The notoriously cheap A's paid between $16-$18 million for Iwakuma's rights.
Now, the A's are having difficulty signing Iwakuma. He wants Barry Zito money, somewhere in the $18 million a year range. He's not worth it, but Hisashi is worth more than $3-$5 million the A's are reportedly offering him.
It looks like Iwakuma is returning to his Japanese team- the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Oakland A's made a calculated gamble that won't really cost them anything. The A's don't pay the posting fee unless they sign him. Iwakuma will become a free agent next season without teams posting transfer fees...
And to my dismay, the A's probably won't sign one of my favorite players- Hideki Matsui...
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