James
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You're probably right. I probably am estimating way too high. I also forgot those other factors. I hope that he only goes for the $70-80M range, and I hope that money comes from the Twins.
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I don't think that he'll need $15M per year to sign. Consider that Darvish only averaged $10M per year. I don't think you should expect anything more than that. Overall, with pitcher cost inflation, I'd expect that it will take about the same amount of money to Tanaka as it took the Rangers to get Darvish. As far as the Nishi comparison goes, he's not Nishi. First off, Japanese pitching seems to translate better the MLB than postion players. Second, Tanaka has a track record of being good. Look at his NPB stats. Nishi had one good year and then Bill Smith came running. The Nishi experience should not scare the Twins away from Japanese players, especially pitchers.
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Darvish's posting fee was $51.7M. I'm not saying that you would have to post that much to get him, but I would expect the winner will probably post somewhere in the $47-55M range. Wild speculation, but given the scouting reports that I've read, and looking at the stats from the NPB, that's my guess. He will be the same age as Darvish was when he was posted, and I've seen some reports say that he has the best splitter in the world. That's a pretty bold statement. Here are some comparison pitchers stats from NPB: Hisashi Iwakuma (Posting fee of $19.1M after 2010 season, but did not sign with Oakland): Hisashi Iwakuma Japanese League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com Yu Darvish (Posting fee $51.7M, signed 6-year $60M contract): Yu Darvish Japanese League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com Masahiro Tanaka (Posting fee??? Contract??): Masahiro Tanaka Japanese League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com
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So, like many of you, I dabble in fantasy football. I have a fun time coming up with new team names every year and I thought it would be fun to start a post where people could post some of the best names they've used/seen. I'm in three leagues right now, but I'll only post two names... for now. I'll even give you the team logos. Team 1: Intercontraception Team 2: I Touchdown Myself
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That'll do Perk... That'll do.
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I'm not touching that one.
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Sorry RB, you've done better than those two.
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I sure hope so.
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Oh my...Bert just referred to his "pink balls". Good thing they were talking about golf...
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I just noticed that I some Bulleit bourbon and Bulleit Rye. I think I might make myself a little blind taste test to see which one I like better. After the scotch of course.
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Do I really want to wait long enough that the scotch will be able to vote? //and swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
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Well, I may be a kid... but I still happen to be older than most of the Twins players in this game.
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Right now, the bottle is Macallan 12 year.
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It doesn't matter. There! Happy?
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I've got some bad news and some good news. Bad news... I'm out of beer. Good news... I have plenty of scotch.
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I had a debate between the galaxy and the HTC One. I went with the HTC and couldn't be happier. But I've been an Android guy for a long time.
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Don't worry. I live in a van. I can come to you.
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Only if you act as the camera man.
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Hey there. You come here often?
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You say you're kidding... but I know deep down inside you really blame me.
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Hey game thread crew. Finally back home from class. I see everyone has done a good job with lots of posts.
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It's also harder to enjoy when you also work full time.
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It's a part time MBA program... the hardest part is getting in. They tend to frown upon giving grades lower than a B. It's a big difference from when I started going back to school for a Master in Mechanical Engineering. It only took me a semester to drop out of that program. Waaaay to nerdy for me... which means it must be extremely nerdy.
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I'm not going to start that one. There will be three new threads on that tomorrow... or at least three threads that turn into that.
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This semester just started last week. I probably shouldn't be procrastinating yet. I can only blame myself for this. If only I hadn't chosen to to try and improve myself by going to grad school.
