Nikkansports.com has reported that Junichi Tazawa has settled on the Red Sox and will officially sign with them in early December. “They want me to come over, and I understand how I can develop. I feel like it’s a good team,” Tazawa told Nikkan Sports.
The contract is for three years. Tazawa will earn $1 million a year and start off in Double-A. He will remain a starter, be assigned a translator and will have a major league contract.
This would presumably mean the Sox control Tazawa for six years (and can renew/send to arbitration), but that information has yet to be made public. Due to it being a major league contract, the option years on Tazawa will expire at the end of his contract.
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