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2011
Nakajima Winner To Be Announced Tomorrow
An article by Hojo's Mojo
I wanted to update this post with some new and important information regarding Japanese import Hiroyuki Nakajima. The bidding is over and according to the great site NPB tracker, the winning team will be announced tomorrow and some have speculated that the Mets could be one of those teams that bid on the 29-year old shortstop.
Seibu will file the paperwork on the 7th (JST) and the winning team will be made public within the same day. So we don’t know the winning team or bid amount yet, though the Giants and Brewers have both clarified that they did not bid. So who might the winner be? My first three guesses would the Mets, the A’s, and the Rockies. But I’m not really up on the infield needs of most of MLB, so those really are random guesses.
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According to Steve Popper of NJ.com, Mets manager Terry Collins has said that the team has interest in Japanese import, shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima, who is expected to post this offseason.
Collins said that for now, Ruben Tejada is his starting shortstop, but that if Nakajima were to come, “we’ll see if we can find a hole for him.”
Nakajima hit .297/.354/.433 with 16 home runs, 100 RBI and 21 stolen bases last season this past year for the Seibu Lions in Japan.
The Lions agreed in the middle of November to post Nakajima and according to the Japan Times, one team put a bid on the shortstop. That team, according to Fox Sports, is the San Francisco Giants. However, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Fox’s report is inaccurate and the Giants were not the team that submitted a bid on Nakajima.
Could the team who bid for Nakajima be the Mets?
According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Mets will talk to free-agent reliever Jason Isringhausen about possibly returning in 2012, but warns they are not willing to offer much.
The Mets had a chance to trade Isringhausen last season at the trade deadline and had received offer for the veteran reliever that they turned down. Sandy Alderson later said he made the decision to keep Izzy as a mentor for Bobby Parnell and Pedro Beato who quickly went downhill soon after Frankie Rodriguez was traded. Izzy, was probably the Mets most consisten reliever last season but missed the final month of the season with leg numbness due to a herniated disc in his back.
The Mets have expressed interest in signing reliever Todd Coffey, formerly of the Washington Nationals, according to John Morosi of Fox Sports.
Coffey mainly throws a sinking fastball that goes up to 95–96 mph, and a sharp dropping slider at 81–82 mph, but has been very ineffective throughout his seven year career posting a 4.08 ERA and a 1.419 WHIP in 438 appearances.
Coffey, 31, is best known for his dashing sprints from the bullpen to the mound when he is summoned into a game. Last season, he pitched for the Nationals and went 5-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 69 relief appearances.
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I guess Terry has to do the talking now because Alderson has been so exposed as a total liar and fraud. Poor Terry, the only one in the management chain who cares about winning.
They both spoke to the media yesterday. But, facts only get in the way of rants.
Rants… You mean the only thing in your hapless arsenal in your failed attempts to convince even one person that Sandy isn’t a failure. Serious Questuion for you donal…..Why do you feel the need to parrot every word from the Wilpon brigade of liars? Second serious questionfor you. why do you follow upo to every post that doesn not say Alderson ois like a god with a cute (well not cute) little remark that adds no value excpet to make the fan base (except for you and any) angrier at the Met front office than they alreasy are? Serious questions… I’m sure you will come back with a four year old insult.
Those questions were as serious as alex’s posts are coherent.
I’ll tell you what, find specific examples of me doing that stuff rather than referring to well documented facts and using logic and then we’ll talk.
cause he can’t form his own thoughts.
Izzy, HE IS KNOWN AS THE PARROT in this blog, frankly, noone likes to even debate with him, he brings nothing to the table, change the subject 1000 times in one conversation, my advise would be, don’t waste your time.. he’s one of the worst commenters in this blog, not to mention a duuussseeee…
Well, you call me a parrot, but you don’t seem to know what a parrot. Just one of many words on that list.
Coffey looks huge in that photo. CC-esque.
Could the team who bid for Nakajima be the Mets?”
LMAO, yeah riiiiiiiight…
also, todd coffee??? yeah, sounds about right.. that’s the type of player alderson will get and tell us how he can be a great closer!!!
shoppach,Coffey, and Nakajima or Jack Wilson,look out baby,we’re on our way!
How is Shoppach? Good D? Arm? I’ve hear him mentioned a few times, just don’t know enough about him.
Now add Francisco and Izzy as well.
Good d, but he is an automatic out.
Auto out v RHP, not v LHP which is why you’d bring him in offensively no?
Not saying he’ll light the world on fire v LHP but a career .909 OPS v LHP as opposed to .646 v RHP
Last year .788 v LHP to .431 RHP
2010 .838 v LHP .422 RHP
.431? Pelfrey would be embarrassed by that.
Don’t we have that with Nickeaus? Bring up that German, Kai!
Take a zero on Nakajima, Mets have had no real finds with Japanese players (although Shinjo was cool, trapped that ball against the wall in Seattle for an out). Thinking of Kaz Matsui still gives me the hee bee jee bees! Mets need pitching fast and I don’t mean those discount arms either.
So this will cost the team a posting cost plus the contract, correct?
that’s the way it works, but can’t imagine this one is going to be too much.
Mets record on imports like this isn’t good. Matsui: BUST; Shinjo: interesting at times, but really a bust. The only ones who remotely worked were Masato Yoshii and Hasinori Takahashii. But even then, Yoshii was just an innings eating #4-5 starter and Tak a long / swing reliever. I say PASS.