Yankees win bid on Igawa, 25 Mil

[Rubeskies]

Yanks sign Japanese Pitcher

Anyone know if he's any good?

[CharlieDontSurf]

Better than Pavano

[kyleb]

$25M on Igawa, $30M on Matsuzaka.

Genius!

[centris]

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Yanks sign Japanese Pitcher



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They have not signed him, they just have exclusive negotiation rights.

[sublime]

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Yanks sign Japanese Pitcher

Anyone know if he's any good?


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he appears to be good.

[Propertarian]

It's hard to say if he is any good...probably a 3-4 starter; we don't have a big enough sample size of Japanese playes coming over (and vice versa) to get a solid translation going.

About as good of a bet as Lilly with more variance.

[CharlieDontSurf]

Isn't he younger than Lilly though

[sam h]

Apparently he is nicknamed "Iron Nerves" (which should come in handy in New York) and has his own web site

[THAY3R]

He has good K numbers, me likey.

[SuitedDucks]

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$25M on Igawa, $30M on Matsuzaka.

Genius!

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I'm sure the $25M bid is a reflection on the market set by the Matsuzaka bid, now how they actually value the two pitchers.