Keith Law:  Red Sox did well by signing Tazawa

Junichi Tazawa has now reportedly signed a term sheet with Boston, meaning that as long as he passes a physical he’ll be a member of the Red Sox. Tazawa apparently turned down more money—perhaps significantly more, depending on where Boston’s final offer landed between $3 million and $6 million—from other clubs, signing with the team that had been scouting him as early as last year.

Signing Tazawa was a no-brainer for the Red Sox. If he was an American college player eligible for next June’s draft, at worst he’d be taken in the top two rounds, and I think it’s likely he’d go in the back half or third of the first round. Boston has to burn a spot on its 40-man roster on him, but they had two spots open already and have at least two or three players they could outright if they need the room.

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