Red Sox Target Another Japanese Pitcher

Perhaps the Boston Red Sox should have incorporated some Japanese text into their new logo yesterday.

Already with three Japanese pitchers on their 40-man roster, the Boston Red Sox have now reportedly made the largest offer to Kenshin Kawakami and his accepting the offer is probably now just a formality as he has expressed a lot of interest in signing with Boston.

According to Nikkan Sports, the Red Sox have offered Kawakami $21 million over three seasons to join the back end of the Red Sox rotation.

Many around baseball have suggested recently that Boston should focus on signing starting pitching as opposed to going after Mark Teixeira, but that never made sense for a team with three aces already to spend heavily on the high priced, high risk starters on the market.

With this move Theo Epstein shows why he is one of the best General Managers in baseball.

UPDATE: A baseball source is saying the Nikkan Sports report is not accurate and the Sox have not made an offer. Keep in mind though that sources were saying the Sox hadn't made an offer to Jason Varitek while according to the Providence Journal, Theo Epstein confirmed Varitek was among the players they have made offers to.