Mariners News: M’s are interested in Kenta Maeda

The Seattle Mariners are interested in Kenta Maeda, the latest Japanese star to be posted. While the Mariners have a surplus in pitching with the signing of Wade Miley and the sudden signing of Hisashi Iwakuma, they are interested in right handed pitcher Kenta Maeda.

The posting process for those that don’t know is an agreement of player transfer between MLB and NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) as explained by wikipedia.

“…when an NPB player is “posted”, his NPB team notifies the MLB Commissioner and sets a posting fee not exceeding $20 million. The player is then given 30 days to negotiate with any MLB team willing to pay the NPB team’s set posting fee. If the player agrees on contract…