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Masahiro Tanaka Rumors: Sunday
By*Edward Creech*[January 19, 2014 at 2:15pm CST]
Masahiro Tanaka*will*reportedly*command a contract in the neighborhood of $120MM over six years (plus the expected $20MM posting fee) and is said to have received such an offer from the*Diamondbacks. Here's the latest with five days remaining before Tanaka's posting period expires Friday at 4pm CT:
Tanaka's decision should come Tuesday or Wednesday to allow time for further medical exams to take place prior to the Friday deadline, an AL scout tells*David Kaplan of CSNChicago.com*(via Twitter).Kaplan*tweets*the same scout tells him the*Cubs' current state is the biggest drawback in their landing Tanaka.*Yesterday, we learned the Cubs*made a formal offer*to Tanaka, but are considered*a long shot*to win the bidding.*The*White Sox, who also have reportedly have made a formal offer to Tanaka, are in the same boat as the Cubs,*tweets*Kaplan.The Mariners may have been priced out of contention for Tanaka or the 25-year-old's*interest in Seattle wasn’t as high as some thought, reports*the Seattle Times' Geoff Baker