The biggest splash came overseas , in Japan , and the buzz surrounding the Red Sox ' $ 51.1 million bid for pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka began dwindling only when the Blue Jays agreed in principle to a lavish two-year contract with the free-agent slugger Frank Thomas .
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