松坂ＵＰＤＡＴＥ、SI..comの記事 - 松坂の契約は妥当

Let's get to the deals that make sense, fit a budget, help a team and are generally to be applauded in a winter where madness took over. Here they are, 11 acquisitions I love:

1. Randy Wolf, Dodgers starter ($8 million, one year)
2. Sean Casey, Tigers first baseman ($4 million, one year)
3. Nomar Garciaparra, Dodgers first baseman ($18.5 million, two years)
4. Tom Glavine, Mets starter ($10.5 million, one year)
5. Mike Mussina, Yankees starter ($22.5 million, two years)

6. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox starter ($103.1 million, six years). Boston's game plan to blow everyone away with their $51.1 million posting fee paid off since they knew D-Mat had absolutely zero leverage. The Red Sox originally offered only about $6.5 million a year (close to $40 million for six years) but returned home with Matsuzaka after upping the price to $52 million.

Early speculation about club president Larry Lucchino's trip to Japan was that he'd try to get Seibu to chip in to get the deal done (which would be clearly against the rules), but I do believe it was really only a "fact finding mission,'' as Boston claimed.

Fact No. 1 is, D-Mat was very unlikely to go back to Seibu. Under the circumstances, agent Scott Boras did extremely well, as always; Boras beat the audacious posting fee and became a household name in Japan. Yet, considering the Red Sox believe they can earn $6 million a year via Matsuzaka-driven revenues (the buzz is already extraordinary), the deal works for them, as well. "I'm glad all sides came together,'' GM Theo Epstein said. "Now let's hope he's good.''

7. Moises Alou, Mets outfielder ($8.5 million, one year)
8. Andy Pettitte, Yankees starter ($32 million, two years)
9. Greg Maddux, Padres starter ($16 million, two years)
10. Jason Schmidt, Dodgers starter ($47 million, three years)
11. Vicente Padilla, Rangers starter ($33.5 million, three years)

Honorable mention: Akinori Iwamura, Devil Rays infielder ($4.5 million posting, plus $7.7 million over three years); Eric Gagne, Rangers closer ($6 million plus $5 million in incentives).

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入団前から、ガルシアパーラ、グラビン、ムッシーナ、マダックス等と同格扱い。
D-Matは、格好悪い。Dice-Kの方がずっと良い。ヤンキースにはIgawa-Kがいる。