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[12/21/2013] Rakuten Eagles sign Kevin Youkilis to one-year deal

by on Dec.21, 2013 @ 11:41 am, under NPB

The Rakuten Eagles have reportedly signed Kevin Youkilis (34) to a one-year deal worth four million US dollars plus one million in incentives, according to reports out of the United States.

From ESPN's Jerry Crasnick:

Kevin Youkilis has agreed to a one-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan for the 2014 season, his agent confirmed Friday.

Youkilis will have a $4 million base salary and can earn $1 million in bonuses -- including some based on walks, a provision not allowed in major league contracts.

... Bick said Youkilis, his wife, Julie, and their two children, ages 7 and 1, plan to spend the 2014 season together in Japan.

"Kevin's intent is to play one more year," said Bick, although he wouldn't rule out Youkilis playing beyond the 2014 season.

Source: ESPN 12/21/2013 (And thanks to everyone that e-mailed me the story)

[UPDATE @ 2:35pm]

The Eagles have posted an announcement of the agreement.

Source: official announcement

Most of the reports in Japan put the value of the contract at an estimated total 300 million yen.

Source: Sanspo 12/21/2013, Sponichi 12/21/2013, Nikkan Sports 12/21/2013

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Career Stats

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 22 BOS A-,A 64 276 195 52 60 14 2 3 28 4 3 73 31 .308 .504 .446 .950 87 0 6 0 2 0
2002 23 BOS A+,AA,A 135 603 481 84 149 31 0 8 80 5 6 93 63 .310 .436 .424 .860 204 6 21 0 8 4
2003 24 BOS AA,AAA 126 549 421 83 120 26 1 8 52 7 1 104 61 .285 .441 .409 .849 172 9 18 0 6 4
2004 25 BOS AAA,A- 40 185 158 26 44 13 1 3 18 2 0 21 28 .278 .370 .430 .800 68 1 3 1 2 1
2004 25 BOS AL 72 248 208 38 54 11 0 7 35 0 1 33 45 .260 .367 .413 .780 86 1 4 0 3 0
2005 26 BOS AAA 43 194 152 30 49 15 1 8 27 1 2 35 29 .322 .459 .592 1.051 90 0 5 0 2 0
2005 26 BOS AL 44 95 79 11 22 7 0 1 9 0 1 14 19 .278 .400 .405 .805 32 0 2 0 0 0
2006 27 BOS AL 147 680 569 100 159 42 2 13 72 5 2 91 120 .279 .381 .429 .810 244 12 9 0 11 0
2007 28 BOS AL 145 625 528 85 152 35 2 16 83 4 2 77 105 .288 .390 .453 .843 239 9 15 0 5 0
2008 29 BOS AL 145 621 538 91 168 43 4 29 115 3 5 62 108 .312 .390 .569 .958 306 11 12 0 9 7
2009 30 BOS AAA 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 BOS AL 136 588 491 99 150 36 1 27 94 7 2 77 125 .305 .413 .548 .961 269 9 16 0 4 6
2010 31 BOS AL 102 435 362 77 111 26 5 19 62 4 1 58 67 .307 .411 .564 .975 204 4 10 0 5 3
2011 32 BOS AAA 2 9 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .625 .958 5 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 BOS AL 120 517 431 68 111 32 2 17 80 3 0 68 100 .258 .373 .459 .833 198 14 14 0 4 3
2012 33 BOS AAA 4 14 11 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .364 .500 .545 1.045 6 0 0 0 0 0
2012 33 TOT AL 122 509 438 72 103 15 2 19 60 0 0 51 108 .235 .336 .409 .745 179 10 17 0 3 2
2012 33 BOS AL 42 165 146 25 34 7 1 4 14 0 0 14 39 .233 .315 .377 .692 55 4 4 0 1 0
2012 33 CHW AL 80 344 292 47 69 8 1 15 46 0 0 37 69 .236 .346 .425 .771 124 6 13 0 2 2
2013 34 NYY AA 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
2013 34 NYY AL 28 118 105 12 23 7 0 2 8 0 0 8 31 .219 .305 .343 .648 36 4 5 0 0 1
MLB Totals 1061 4436 3749 653 1053 254 18 150 618 26 14 539 828 .281 .382 .478 .861 1793 74 104 0 44 22
MiLB Totals 418 1843 1437 279 429 101 5 31 208 19 13 332 218 .299 .442 .441 .882 633 16 53 1 20 9
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4 comments on “[12/21/2013] Rakuten Eagles sign Kevin Youkilis to one-year deal”

  1. muratafan

    Horrid signing. At least Youkillis can get on base, but maybe Rakuten thinks they can get lightning in a bottle twice: somewhat overweight, MLB third baseman with some pop. Alas, McGehee was 30 going on 31 when he signed with Rakuten and was only 2 seasons removed from a very good year with the Brewers. Youkillis is 34 going on 35 and will be 35 on opening day and hasn’t played a full year in over 4 years.

    ALL FOR FOUR MILLION $’s a year?

    And Rakuten did NOT get Standridge OR Dae Ho Lee or Wakui or anybody else of worth. They could have gotten Dae Ho Lee for the $$$ they are paying Youkillis.

    Unreal. As a Rakuten fan, this is just a sad, huge waste of $$$.

    1. Steve Novosel

      I’m nodding my head in agreement. It stinks of desperation, to be honest. As you mention, Lee Dae Ho – 5 years younger, proven PL producer – was available for that.

      If they do end up posting Tanaka finally this team will be very poor in 2014…

  2. IM

    A lot of similarities to the Andruw Jones signing last year. AJ got $3.5 mil.
    Lee may have been a better option and clearly Youkilis is past his prime, but he not some 4A player he was a legitimate MLB star until a couple years ago.
    Good or bad, it’s only a one year deal.

    1. muratafan

      I guess the old saying ‘there’s no such thing as a bad one-year deal.’ But, WHEN Rakuten COULD have gotten either Standridge or Dae Ho Lee…..then it is still a very, very bad deal.

      If you look at Youkillis’ quote it becomes pretty apparent that this was solely about the $$$. At least McGehee wanted to prove himself.

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