Several Japanese media sources are reporting that Junichi Tazawa is set to sign a Major League deal with the Boston Red Sox, as early as next week.
Sources state the Red Sox offer being one of the lower contracts offered, but Tazawa likes the Red Sox development plan (fellow Japanese hurlers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima [...]
With young Japanese ace pitcher Junichi Tazawa bypassed, at his request, in the Nippon Professional Baseball league draft, he’s seeking a contract with a Major League team. The problem is, there are some unwritten rules about courting another country’s amateur talent.
Alan Schwarz and Brad Lefton provide a backdrop to the race for Tazawa, and how [...]
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Tazawa eyes place in major leagues
Kyodo News
Right-hander Junichi Tazawa, who helped Nippon Oil to its first title in 13 years at the national corporate baseball tournament that ended Tuesday, will try to sign with a major league club without playing in Japan, baseball sources said Wednesday.
The highly unusual news came as a shock as the [...]
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