Kudoh to Yokohama for FA Kadokura
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Re: Kudoh to Yokohama for FA Kadokura
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jan 9, 2007 9:05 AM
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More details coming out today, including this Daily Yomiuri article in English.
It looks like the 1.5 times the previous year's salary compensation has been reduced to 1.2 times if a team is just accepting cash for compensation for a free agent. I wasn't aware that the team that lost a player to free agency would also receive 80% the lost player's salary along with another player if that route was chosen.
Nonetheless, the BayStars are also thinking of one other Giant pitcher (one of two young pitchers according to the paper version of Nikkan Sports) not on the protected list. The bottleneck with regards to Kudoh is his 2.9-oku yen salary last year. He had already rejected the Giants' offer of 1-oku yen, which is about what the BayStars are willing to offer.
The paper version of Nikkan Sports also noted that between the Lions, Hawks, and Giants that Kudoh has pitched for 15 league championship teams and to 11 Nippon Series championships.
It looks like the 1.5 times the previous year's salary compensation has been reduced to 1.2 times if a team is just accepting cash for compensation for a free agent. I wasn't aware that the team that lost a player to free agency would also receive 80% the lost player's salary along with another player if that route was chosen.
Nonetheless, the BayStars are also thinking of one other Giant pitcher (one of two young pitchers according to the paper version of Nikkan Sports) not on the protected list. The bottleneck with regards to Kudoh is his 2.9-oku yen salary last year. He had already rejected the Giants' offer of 1-oku yen, which is about what the BayStars are willing to offer.
The paper version of Nikkan Sports also noted that between the Lions, Hawks, and Giants that Kudoh has pitched for 15 league championship teams and to 11 Nippon Series championships.
Re: Kudoh to Yokohama for FA Kadokura
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jan 10, 2007 10:46 AM
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The Daily Yomiuri has more about Kudoh (in English). They say that Kudoh is looking forward to moving on to his fourth team (Lions, Hawks, Giants, and now BayStars). From the article:
The Japanese sports dailies (Nikkan Sports, SpoNichi, etc.) are focused on the fact that the Giants and BayStars will open the season against each other, so Kudoh will be facing the Giants for the first time during the regular season.
"I still want to play, so I haven't even thought about turning them [Yokohama] down," Kudo said from Phoenix, where he is training.Japan Ball also has an update on Kudoh, quoting Yokohama's Kuniaki Sasaki-club president as saying, "We determined that the acquisition of Kudo would be an asset for the team." On the Giants' side, Hidetoshi Kiyotake-club representative was quoted as saying, "Leaving him out of the list was a tough decision, and we greatly appreciate Kudo's contributions to our team in the past seven seasons."
Yomiuri skipper Tatsunori Hara said he was sorry to see Kudo go, and wondered aloud about the compensation rule.
"Last autumn when we spoke, we thought we'd be working together in the upcoming season," Hara said.
"It's truly regrettable that this is part of the free agent rules, but there's no way we can change it."
The Japanese sports dailies (Nikkan Sports, SpoNichi, etc.) are focused on the fact that the Giants and BayStars will open the season against each other, so Kudoh will be facing the Giants for the first time during the regular season.
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KazumiKimiyasu Kudoh, will be joining the Yokohama BayStars for 2007. Kudoh was not on the 28 man protected list, and was thereby eligible for the choosing to a team who lost a player to the Giants through free agency. Most teams opt for cash to the tune of 1.5 times the player's previous year's salary, but an unprotected player is also an option.It turns out that both Yokohama and Nippon Ham (who lost Ogasawara as a free agent to the Giants) wanted Kudoh. In the case where two teams claim an unprotected player, the club in the same league takes precedence, so Kudoh is heading to Yokohama.
While the deal has been agreed upon by both parties, details are expected to be officially released tomorrow (January 9).
In 25 years as a professional, Kudoh has marked up a 215 and 129 record with a 3.38 ERA. Last season Kudoh was 3 and 2 with a 4.50 ERA.
Source: Sankei Sports [2007-01-08]
[Corrected Kudoh's first name on Jan 8, 2007 7:05 PM, JST. Thank you to all that pointed out the error.]