This morning there was a report that the Rakuten Golden Eagles would try to persuade Masahiro Tanaka to stay in Japan. Now, late this afternoon, comes word that they will grant his wish to be posed after all. The report comes from Sanspo.com, via Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times.
As previously reported, the new posting system has a maximum bid of $20 million, so there will be no shortage of teams interested in bidding on the phenomenally talented Tanaka. So far reports are that the Yankees, Cubs, Angels, Dodgers and Diamondbacks are going to bid, and no doubt many others will as well.