Fenway Fables

The Red Sox front office is getting serious.  They took a huge gamble by spending somewhere between $42 million and $50 million for a 30 day window to exclusively negotiate a deal with Japanese superstar Daisuke Matsuzaka.  There’s no doubt Matsuzaka is a bona fide star and he showed his stuff in the World Baseball Classic.  It just seems like these Japanese pitchers have just as much of a chance to flame out (Kaz Ishii??) then they do of making it big.  Then again, this guy took down the worlds best and walked away with the WBC MVP.

If the Red Sox don’t sign him, he returns to Japan to play there.  I’m thinking for that price tag, the Red Sox are serious about signing him.  On a good note, the Yankees won’t be getting him.