TUESDAY, 7:55pm: NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman tweets that we should know the high bidder by the 22nd or 23rd.
MONDAY, 8:26pm: The Chiba Lotte Marines are set to announce that they will post infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka within the hour, reports FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal and Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan (Twitter links). Rosenthal notes that Nishioka will be represented by the Beverly Hills Sports Council while Passan speculates that the bidding could approach $15-20MM in a thin shortstop market.
Both the Giants and Dodgers have expressed interest in the 26-year-old switch-hitter, who hit .346 with 22 steals in 2010. ESPN's Keith Law (Insider req'd) described Nishioka as "valuable as an everyday guy on a second-division club," though he mentions that he struggles with good fastballs and doesn't offer much in the power department. NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman offered up his thoughts at FanGraphs recently, saying he sees Nishioka as a Ryan Theriot/Chone Figgins type.
How did the bid go from $4mill to $15-20 mill????
thats h’wat i was wondering…
Cardinals please.
Sabean do NOT post for this player. Please!!!!
Well a 4 mill bid is ok…15-20 is bad!! Just resign Uribe.
Yes, and yes!!
Ned, if you even think about 15m as a posting fee…..
Come on Seattle!!! no more Jose Lopez, lets get a guy with a great batting average, may lightning strike twice!!!!
The Nishioka posting will tell us a lot about how MLB front offices view NPB’s top position players today. The number of teams that bid and the amount of the winning bid, provided there is one, will speak volumes.
The Nishioka posting will tell us a lot about how MLB front offices view NPB’s top position players today. The number of teams that bid and the amount of the winning bid, provided there is one, will speak volumes.
dodgers probably will win this… a ryan theriot lookalike..has dodgers written all over it…
dodgers probably will win this… a ryan theriot lookalike..has dodgers written all over it…