Even though Yu Darvish has never pitched an inning of Major League Baseball in his life, the Rangers sunk more than $100 million into him this offseason while letting 2011 ace C.J. Wilson walk away for less. So it's no wonder that the club is ...
Ranking prospects is tricky business, largely because so much of the practice relies on predicting the future of kids still years away from the majors. So instead of ranking baseball's top young players by their ultimate potential, USA Today's ...
To heavy media attention, righthander Yu Darvish departed Japan on Friday morning in advance of his first spring training with the Texas Rangers. Darivsh took a flight bound for Los...
Spring training -- with the emphasis on training -- brings the next and more difficult challenge of making the jump from pitching in ... All winter no club offered the money Lohse sought -- about $10 million -- so he stayed at home and threw ...
After posting a $51.7 million bid to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and successfully negotiating a $60 million contract, the Texas Rangers signed starting pitcher Yu Darvish. In 2003, the Boston Red Sox set the precedent for teams to sign big time ...
SAPPORO, Japan — Yu Darvish says a desire to become the world’s best pitcher was behind his decision to leave Japan and sign with the Texas Rangers. Darvish spoke at a news conference Tuesday, saying “I want to become the kind of pitcher ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Yu Darvish has been formally introduced by the Texas Rangers. In a Friday night news conference at Rangers Ballpark, which was broadcast live in Darvish’s homeland in Japan where it was Saturday morning, the 25-year-old ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — The greatest challenge of Yu Darvish’s career awaits him in April, when he will embark on his first major-league season after dominating for most of the past seven years in Japan. If he can pitch the way he handled the ...
Japan native Masashi “Mabo” Yamamura has some advice for new Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish: stick to the right side of the road and get ready for big burgers. Yamamura, assistant trainer at Northwood University, and Darvish both grew up ...
Recently acquired pitcher Yu Darvish decided to make the most of his first appearance in Texas, showing off a marijuana leaf T-shirt for the world to see ... out Darvish's controversial shirt in the photo below.
With over $111 Million invested into the stand out pitcher from Japan, the Texas Rangers are probably excited and relieved to know that the Japaneses superstar pitcher will be signed with them for the next 6 years. Yu Darvish held an impressive 93-38 wins to losses record and a minor 1.99 ERA (Earned run Average) while pitching in Japan. Hopefully he will play as well in the U.S. as he did in Japan, or else the Rangers just lost a ton of money (not that they care). Yu Darvish is only 25...Read Full Story
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
SAPPORO, Japan
Yu Darvish says a desire to become the world's best pitcher was behind his decision to leave Japan and sign with the Texas Rangers.
Darvish spoke at a news conference Tuesday, saying "I want to become the kind of pitcher that will make people say 'Darvish is the No. 1 pitcher in the world.'"
The 25-year-old right-hander agreed last week to a six-year contract with the Rangers...Read Full Story
Yu Darvish is officially a Texas Ranger, as he has signed a six year, $60 million contract that will also offer $10 million in bonuses over the life of the contract. The contract is the largest ever given to a Japanese player, much like the $51.8 million posting fee the Rangers paid the Nippon Ham Fighters for the right to negotiate with Darvish in the first place.
Much has been talked about what Darvish brings to the table. At only 25 years old, he is a very polished and talented power...Read Full Story
MEANWHILE, IN JAPAN... Yu Darvish , in... The baseball season has begun (first games were postponed until April 12th) amidst the ongoing tension of the Fukushima plant and its continuing vulnerability. For more, check out the ongoing coverage here and here . ...and out of his uniform. From an American perspective, the biggest news with respect to Japanese pro yakyu remains the likely 2012 arrival of rock-star pitcher Yu Darvish . The 6'5" Darvish is 58-22 over his past four seasons with the...Read Full Story
Here is an animated recap of the Yu Darvish signing. Funny Taiwanese anime cartoon depicting the Rangers as an animated “Walker Texas Ranger”, Darvish lassoed in a field, foreshadows an Alexi Ogando move to the bullpen by dropping him into a field of longhorn cattle, and easily beats any Saturday morning cartoons shown in America. [...] Yu Darvish Cartoon is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.
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Yu Darvish (also spelled Yuu Darvish ) ( Japanese : ダルビッシュ 有 , Persian : یو درویش , born August 16 , 1986 in Matsubara, Osaka , Japan ) is an Iranian ...