BayStars Entangled In Scouting Scandal
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Re: BayStars Entangled In Scouting Scandal
[ Author: BigManZam | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 11:16 AM
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Someone on 2ch during the Mariners game was mentioning how King Felix costs 8,000-man and Nasuno costs 5-oku. I thought it was some inside joke I wasn't in on. Wow. This is wrong on so many levels. Of all the players, Nasuno?
Re: BayStars Entangled In Scouting Scandal
[ Author: Animaru Resulie | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 2:01 PM
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- This is wrong on so many levels. Of all the players, Nasuno?
Exactly. And in my humble opinion, this really goes beyond corrupt or criminal; it's just plain stupid. It just goes to show that preliminary scouting reports for draft purposes aren't all that reliable, and thus the significance of the draft itself is being blown out of proportion.
Now, there's this guy who was a fourth round draft pick for the Orix BlueWave in 1991. He was contracted for 4,000-man, and received a salary of 430-man that year (poor old me makes something like that). He wallowed on the farm for a couple of years, still making about as much as I am, before revealing his potential around 1994. Y'all know who he is now and what he makes. Hey boss, the raise I asked for, it ain't all that humongous after all, don't 'cha think?
Exactly. And in my humble opinion, this really goes beyond corrupt or criminal; it's just plain stupid. It just goes to show that preliminary scouting reports for draft purposes aren't all that reliable, and thus the significance of the draft itself is being blown out of proportion.
Now, there's this guy who was a fourth round draft pick for the Orix BlueWave in 1991. He was contracted for 4,000-man, and received a salary of 430-man that year (poor old me makes something like that). He wallowed on the farm for a couple of years, still making about as much as I am, before revealing his potential around 1994. Y'all know who he is now and what he makes. Hey boss, the raise I asked for, it ain't all that humongous after all, don't 'cha think?
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The BayStars gave Nasano a 4.5-oku yen ($4.2 million) signing bonus, way over the maximum legal amount of 1-oku yen ($800,000). The BayStars drafted Nasano in 2004.
Source: Japan Ball
Garland-san points out more over at Japan Baseball Daily in his April 10th Central League report. It was reported that the BayStars gave Nasuno's head coach at Nihon University around 3,000-man yen ($250,000). The BayStars have already admitted to the payments.