The Kosuke Fukudome & Hiroki Kuroda Thread

[CUBZ99]

I was only half listening but I thought Offman just said that the Cubs and Royals are the finalists for Fukudome and that his price was going to reach upwards of $12MM per season.

[rawaction]

This dude better be really good if the Cubs spend double digit millions on him.

[anabiono]

who cares...make it 3/39 hendry and call it a day

[St.Paul Cub]

I have a feeling we get him, but the question is how much? In today's baseball economics, I don't know what overpaying is anymore, but I have a feeling we'll do something like 3 years and $40 million+.

[Jon]

I was only half listening but I thought Offman just said that the Cubs and Royals are the finalists for Fukudome and that his price was going to reach upwards of $12MM per season.

I don't like the sound of that...

 

Of course, I'd imagine it'll be heavily backloaded. Just wait three years when they're paying Soriano and Fukudome as much as the Marlins' 25 man roster makes.

[C.C.]

I was only half listening but I thought Offman just said that the Cubs and Royals are the finalists for Fukudome and that his price was going to reach upwards of $12MM per season.

I don't like the sound of that...

 

 

I think it'll go 13 million a year. Man, Soriano and Marquis' contracts are looking more and more sane with every passing year.

[anabiono]

I was only half listening but I thought Offman just said that the Cubs and Royals are the finalists for Fukudome and that his price was going to reach upwards of $12MM per season.

I don't like the sound of that...

 

 

I think it'll go 13 million a year.

 

dude, i was already totally all over this!

 

:-$

[JeffH]

I have predicted $40/3.

 

I now fear that the price will be closer to $50/3.

[CUBZ99]

I didn't realize that Hillman (manager of the Royals) was a manager over in Japan. Maybe that is why Fukudome narrowed his choices down to the Cubs and the Royals.

[rawaction]

 

 

I think it'll go 13 million a year. Man, Soriano and Marquis' contracts are looking more and more sane with every passing year.

 

Soriano's contract is fine til 2010. Marquis' contract will never look sane.

[anabiono]

I didn't realize that Hillman (manager of the Royals) was a manager over in Japan. Maybe that is why Fukudome narrowed his choices down to the Cubs and the Royals.

 

crap...

 

but but but...we have beer-belly lou!

[Derwood]

how is KC a finalist when they have no interest in him?

[BigbadB]

I didn't realize that Hillman (manager of the Royals) was a manager over in Japan. Maybe that is why Fukudome narrowed his choices down to the Cubs and the Royals.

 

Royals are still in the mix for Kuroda as well.

[C.C.]

I didn't realize that Hillman (manager of the Royals) was a manager over in Japan. Maybe that is why Fukudome narrowed his choices down to the Cubs and the Royals.

 

 

Crap! I remember reading that story on him. I forgot about that.

[jersey cubs fan]

This dude better be really good if the Cubs spend double digit millions on him.

 

Really really good.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

I hope Fukudome realizes he can make alot more in endorsements, here in Chicago..vs Kansas City.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

This dude better be really good if the Cubs spend double digit millions on him.

you don't understand, he throws balls like they're frickin lasers

[jersey cubs fan]

I hope Fukudome realizes he can make alot more in endorsements, here in Chicago..vs Kansas City.

 

 

Not sure it will be that big of a difference, at least over the next 3 years. If he establishes himself as a superstar, then yes. I'm not so sure there's going to be a huge ad campaign built up around a non-english speaking first year player. But the real money is going to be when he signs his 2nd major league contract. He's got to go where he thinks he can build up his value highest for that contract.

[UMFan83]

I hope Fukudome realizes he can make alot more in endorsements, here in Chicago..vs Kansas City.

 

I hope that he realizes that Kansas City kinda....sucks

[VanceJergins]

I hope Fukudome realizes he can make alot more in endorsements, here in Chicago..vs Kansas City.

 

 

Not sure it will be that big of a difference, at least over the next 3 years. If he establishes himself as a superstar, then yes. I'm not so sure there's going to be a huge ad campaign built up around a non-english speaking first year player. But the real money is going to be when he signs his 2nd major league contract. He's got to go where he thinks he can build up his value highest for that contract.

 

It makes me want to cry that an athlete wouldn't consider a $40m contract "real money".

[BigbadB]

I think Josh Hamilton will end up being better and at 1/5 of the price Fukudome will cost. Hendry has the talent to get a guy like Hamilton, and if I were him, that's where I would be spending my time.

 

Or maybe a 3 way deal could be worked between Cincinnati, Baltimore and the Cubs where the primaries would be Bedard to Cincinnati, Tejada and Hamilton to the Cubs and everyone else to the Orioles.

[Bruno7481]

So much expectation, hope, and optimism for a guy none of us have ever seen play. His numbers in Japan are very good, I hope he could come close to that here. But he is coming off a elbow surgery, so there is that to worry about along with the overall general unknown.

 

It is a very risky move paying the money to bring him in. It could really pay off, hopefully it does, and the Cubs won't have to face ther eality of paying 10-12 million per year for a better version of So Taguchi.

[A New Era]

This dude better be really good if the Cubs spend double digit millions on him.

you don't understand, he throws balls like they're frickin lasers

 

Like Frickin laser beams?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm hoping I can order my Fukudome jersey for Christmas.

[CuseCubFan69]

I'm hoping I can order my Fukudome jersey for Christmas.

 

I wonder how many places like stores and restaurants won't let you in if you're wearing that?