The Yankees’ winning bid for Japanese short stop Hiroyuki Nakajima came out of the blue last month, which led me to believe the team had identified international professionals as the next “market inefficiency”. As it turns out, the team wasn’t really interested in Nakajima, at least not enough to persuade the Seibu Lions’ star to accept […]
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With Nakajima Headed Back to Japan, Do Yanks Have a Backup Plan?
Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Hot Stove, International, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged Derek Jeter, Eduardo Nunez, Hiroyuki Nakajima on January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Yanks Win Posting for Japanese SS; Could Signal Future Moves
Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged Hiroyuki Nakajima, Japan on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Considered along side the other big headlines being made at the Winter Meetings, the Yankees winning bid for the rights to Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima doesn’t seem like a big deal. However, it could signal the beginning of a new strategy designed to circumvent some of the onerous restrictions triggered by the new CBA as […]