With the haggling for posted Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda set to start, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday at the baseball winter meetings that the two-time Sawamura Award winner was an intriguing option for big league clubs.
"We looked at the video. I mean, we have interest in a player like this. Every club I think is intrigued by him," Bochy said. "But I can't tell you how much interest is going to be there with ownership. A lot depends on where you are at with the budget and those things, but certainly a great talent."
Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell has seen more than video, having managed a squad of major leaguers who toured Japan a year ago for a series against the Japanese national team.