Red Sox, Matsuzaka Not Close

Thursday, December 7, 2006

According to Boston.com, the Red Sox are not optimistic about getting a deal done with Daisuke Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka's agent, Scott Boras, is asking for 12 million a year over six years. The Red Sox posted 51.1 million dollars in hopes of signing the pitcher. He was the MVP of the WBC and has a pitch that no one else can throw called a Gyro Ball. He was the first of three players to come to the U.S. by the posting process. The other two were Kei Igawa (Yankees) and Akinori Iwamura (Devil Rays).

3 comments:

Anonymous 9:01 PM CST  

What exactly does the Gyro ball do, movement wise???

Anonymous 11:16 PM CST  

It's amazing how many idiots think that Matsuzaka throws a gyroball. He does not.

Eli 11:35 PM CST  

its basically a slurve but faster