Hisashi Iwakuma
Bidding for posted Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma ended Friday, November 5, with the Seattle Mariners being a potential favorite. Seattle reportedly submitted a $13 million offer for the exclusive rights to negotiate with Iwakuma, widely considered to be the second best pitcher in Japanese baseball after Yu Darvish.
Darvish earlier this week indicated an interest in playing in North America in 2012.
MLBTradeRumors is reporting the Rangers may be the high bidder: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/rangers-may-be-high-bidder-for-hisashi-iwakuma.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
The winning club has yet to be revealed, but the Kyodo News reported that the A’s will be the winners, citing the personal Twitter feed of Iwakuma’s agent, Don Nomura.
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