Igawa: Yankees rights with $25M bid

[ltb]

I don't understand why they're waiting until Friday to make a decision. Just sort the bids in reverse numerical order, and whoever's on top, gets the rights to negotiate with him. It's not rocket science. I don't know what the hold up is.

 

igawa's japanese team has until friday to decide whether or not to accept the bid. we're not waiting for them to determine who made the largest offer - that's already known by the commissioner's office and igawa's team.

[Jehrico]

I don't understand why they're waiting until Friday to make a decision. Just sort the bids in reverse numerical order, and whoever's on top, gets the rights to negotiate with him. It's not rocket science. I don't know what the hold up is.

 

igawa's japanese team has until friday to decide whether or not to accept the bid. we're not waiting for them to determine who made the largest offer - that's already known by the commissioner's office and igawa's team.

 

So they posted him without giving any previous thought as to what would be an acceptable bid? I would find it hard to believe that they didn't have a minimum in mind that they would accept in exchange for giving up their rights to him. You would think that they've already thrown some crap at the wall on that one.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

According to Rotoworld:

The Padres bid more than $10 million for the rights to Kei Igawa prior to Monday's deadline.

If the Padres sign Igawa, he'd replace Woody Williams in a rotation that also includes Jake Peavy, Chris Young and Clay Hensley.

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

 

I guess thats over?

 

No, but it does say that the Padres posted more than ten million. My guess is they would become the front runner with that large a bid.

[goonys evil twin]

I don't understand why they're waiting until Friday to make a decision. Just sort the bids in reverse numerical order, and whoever's on top, gets the rights to negotiate with him. It's not rocket science. I don't know what the hold up is.

 

igawa's japanese team has until friday to decide whether or not to accept the bid. we're not waiting for them to determine who made the largest offer - that's already known by the commissioner's office and igawa's team.

 

So they posted him without giving any previous thought as to what would be an acceptable bid? I would find it hard to believe that they didn't have a minimum in mind that they would accept in exchange for giving up their rights to him. You would think that they've already thrown some crap at the wall on that one.

 

I think they have already determined what would be acceptable. But there is still a lot of due diligence that goes into decisions involving this much money. First and foremost, I would think they would want to be absolutely certain that the winning bidder would end up signing the guy, so they wouldn't have to give the money back.

[TarzanJoeWallis]

 

So they posted him without giving any previous thought as to what would be an acceptable bid? I would find it hard to believe that they didn't have a minimum in mind that they would accept in exchange for giving up their rights to him. You would think that they've already thrown some crap at the wall on that one.

 

I agree it seems like it should be a fairly easy decision one way or the other, but Matz's team got $51 million from the Red Sox and they still took the entire amount of time to decide (or at least make it official). So, for whatever reason, the teams don't seem to announce right away whether they've accpeted the bid.

[Jehrico]

I don't understand why they're waiting until Friday to make a decision. Just sort the bids in reverse numerical order, and whoever's on top, gets the rights to negotiate with him. It's not rocket science. I don't know what the hold up is.

 

igawa's japanese team has until friday to decide whether or not to accept the bid. we're not waiting for them to determine who made the largest offer - that's already known by the commissioner's office and igawa's team.

 

So they posted him without giving any previous thought as to what would be an acceptable bid? I would find it hard to believe that they didn't have a minimum in mind that they would accept in exchange for giving up their rights to him. You would think that they've already thrown some crap at the wall on that one.

 

I think they have already determined what would be acceptable. But there is still a lot of due diligence that goes into decisions involving this much money. First and foremost, I would think they would want to be absolutely certain that the winning bidder would end up signing the guy, so they wouldn't have to give the money back.

That doesn't make any sense. They don't get paid anyways until the guy is signed. They already made the decision to post him for money, and they should already have had an idea how much they were looking for at a minimum. There's no risk in accepting the bid and having the team end up not signing him. Then they're back where they started, with nothing lost that wasn't already sunk in the decision to post him.

[Southpaw191679666239]

The Hanshin Tigers accepted the winning bid for Kei Igawa on Tuesday.

 

Now it's up to MLB to disclose who the winning bidder was. That should come today. Hanshin did not reveal the amount of the winning bid.

Source: Kyodo News

 

So if Jim didn't win, maybe this will kick-start him in a new direction. ;)

[goonys evil twin]

I don't understand why they're waiting until Friday to make a decision. Just sort the bids in reverse numerical order, and whoever's on top, gets the rights to negotiate with him. It's not rocket science. I don't know what the hold up is.

 

igawa's japanese team has until friday to decide whether or not to accept the bid. we're not waiting for them to determine who made the largest offer - that's already known by the commissioner's office and igawa's team.

 

So they posted him without giving any previous thought as to what would be an acceptable bid? I would find it hard to believe that they didn't have a minimum in mind that they would accept in exchange for giving up their rights to him. You would think that they've already thrown some crap at the wall on that one.

 

I think they have already determined what would be acceptable. But there is still a lot of due diligence that goes into decisions involving this much money. First and foremost, I would think they would want to be absolutely certain that the winning bidder would end up signing the guy, so they wouldn't have to give the money back.

That doesn't make any sense. They don't get paid anyways until the guy is signed. They already made the decision to post him for money, and they should already have had an idea how much they were looking for at a minimum. There's no risk in accepting the bid and having the team end up not signing him. Then they're back where they started, with nothing lost that wasn't already sunk in the decision to post him.

 

No, it does make sense. They wouldn't want to accept a bid from a team that didn't end up signing the guy. If they suspected the winning bidder was just bluffing other teams, I'm sure they'd go to MLB to try and get some assurances that the winning bidder was legit.

[Derwood]

The Hanshin Tigers accepted the winning bid for Kei Igawa on Tuesday.

 

Now it's up to MLB to disclose who the winning bidder was. That should come today. Hanshin did not reveal the amount of the winning bid.

Source: Kyodo News

 

So if Jim didn't win, maybe this will kick-start him in a new direction. ;)

 

just read that on rotoworld as well. What the hell is MLB waiting for?

[Laura]

Jon Heyman, SI.com[/url]"]

The Hanshin Tigers have accepted the top bid -- believed to be about $25 million -- for left-handed pitcher Kei Igawa, SI.com has learned.

 

Major League Baseball is expected to announce Tuesday night which team won the bidding. ...

 

The winning team will be notified by early this evening, just before the announcement. Several teams bid on Igawa but there was a vast difference of opinion of his value, reflected in the bids, with some seeing him as a reliever or No. 5 type starter and some seeing him as much better than that.

[imb]

Jon Heyman, SI.com[/url]"]

The Hanshin Tigers have accepted the top bid -- believed to be about $25 million -- for left-handed pitcher Kei Igawa, SI.com has learned.

 

Major League Baseball is expected to announce Tuesday night which team won the bidding. ...

 

The winning team will be notified by early this evening, just before the announcement. Several teams bid on Igawa but there was a vast difference of opinion of his value, reflected in the bids, with some seeing him as a reliever or No. 5 type starter and some seeing him as much better than that.

 

Jesus christ, was that 25 million in yen? God this offseason is crazy

[Butterscup1679666578]

Holy cow. :shock:

[TheDude]

25 million for Igawa? Whoa! How did Tampa Bay sneak by on Iwamura for 4.5 million?

[TruffleShuffle]

oh jeez, please don't be the Cubs. $25 million? Give me a break. Some team is awfully desperate.

[cubbyvirus00]

WOW.......what are people thinking :cyclopsani:

[sweetpeteman]

WOW.......what are people thinking :cyclopsani:

 

You just wanted to use that emoticon.

[YearofDaCubs]

Ridiculous...

[Derwood]

oh jeez, please don't be the Cubs. $25 million? Give me a break. Some team is awfully desperate.

 

Guess it wasn't the Padres then :D

[Butterscup1679666578]

25 mil was too much for Matsuzaka IMO, I don't even have a word for what that is for Igawa.

[tgk]

25 mil was too much for Matsuzaka IMO, I don't even have a word for what that is for Igawa.

According to ESPN, the Yankees and mets were both interested. I'm hoping that the Yankee's were unhappy about losing out Matsuzaka and decided they weren't going to be beaten again.

[soccer10k]

25 mil was too much for Matsuzaka IMO, I don't even have a word for what that is for Igawa.

According to ESPN, the Yankees and mets were both interested. I'm hoping that the Yankee's were unhappy about losing out Matsuzaka and decided they weren't going to be beaten again.

 

That definitely wouldn't surprise me.

[b_wiggy_66]

For once lets hope the Cubs lose :lol:

[sherwood921]

25 mil was too much for Matsuzaka IMO, I don't even have a word for what that is for Igawa.

According to ESPN, the Yankees and mets were both interested. I'm hoping that the Yankee's were unhappy about losing out Matsuzaka and decided they weren't going to be beaten again.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking too.

[Post Count Padder]

25 mil was too much for Matsuzaka IMO, I don't even have a word for what that is for Igawa.

According to ESPN, the Yankees and mets were both interested. I'm hoping that the Yankee's were unhappy about losing out Matsuzaka and decided they weren't going to be beaten again.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking too.

Me too. I wouldn't have minded Igawa, but not for that big of a bid. He's only a #3 starter at best IMO. I'd much rather have Schmidt and Westbrook.

[E.J.]

$25 million? :shock:

 

Please don't be the Cubs...