Daisuke Matsuzaka Jeresy - Red Sox Matsuzaka Jersey

The Red Sox just got much better - their rotation is now young and solid. Schilling, Beckett, Papplebon... and Daisuke Matsuzaka - Japan's greatest pitcher.

And how will you be rooting for Matsuzaka? Join the other Red Sox fans by wearing your Red Sox Matsuzaka jersey - MLB.com hasn't officially started selling the jerseys - but some are already available on eBay.

The $51.11 million the Red Sox offered for the rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka was enough to get the Japanese ace across the Pacific Ocean.

It took that much again, and a little more, to fly him the rest of the way to Boston.

Bridging the economic gap in the most expensive cultural exchange in baseball history, the Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday with Matsuzaka on a six-year, $52 million contract. The terms of the deal  were first reported by SI.com's Jon Heyman. With $103.11 million on the table, the two sides flew back to Boston on Red Sox owner John Henry's private plane.