The Toronto Blue Jays are continuing their pursuit of starting pitching after the Jesse Chavez trade, and despite the droning of David Price fluff rumors, it still remains likelier that any free agent signing will come from the middle tier of talent and contract finances. This brings us to Kenta Maeda, the Nippon Professional Baseball star from Japan who has recently asked that his team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, post him for MLB negotiations.
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The Carp are expected to make their decision on the posting by next week, which would lead to them placing a release fee of no more than $20 million on Maeda.