A four-time All-Star in Japan 's Pacific League and the winner of three Gold Gloves as a second baseman , Taguchi might have been expected to sign a contract at least reasonably close to the deals reached by his countrymen Hideki Matsui -LRB- three years , $ 21 million -RRB- and Kazuo Matsui -LRB- three years , $ 20.1 million -RRB- when they joined the major leagues .
Kazuo Matsui /people/person/nationality Japan
Hideki Matsui /people/person/nationality Japan
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