Yu Darvish

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 ...  

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 ...  

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...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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.  

The Texas Rangers recently signed one of the most sought-after free agents of the MLB offseason.The Rangers and pitcher Yu Darvish agreed to terms, and Texas was able to reel in a guy that could win them multiple championships.Darvish was one of the toughest players to grade because many are worried about his ability to play in the majors. The Japanese pitcher has played professionally in Japan since 2005, but some did not think that he could...  

Yesterday, Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish signed a six-year, $60 million contract with the Texas Rangers. The Rangers also paid a posting fee of $51.7 million to the Nippon Ham Fighters, the team Darvish toiled with for seven seasons. Darvish went 93-38 with a sterling 1.99 ERA in Nippon Professional Baseball. Of course, NPB isn't MLB. In fact, it's often described as being above Triple A but not quite big league. So whether Darvish's results in...  

Brand new Texas Rangers ace pitcher Yu Darvish finally arrived in Dallas, and he's ALREADY exceeded expectations. Well, maybe not for actual Rangers fans, but for fans of cheesy weed t-shirts. That's right: Yu waltzed into America sporting a ...  

Texas Rangers righthander Yu Darvish returned to Japan on Monday. His flight landed at about 10 p.m. Japan Standard Time, which is 13 hours ahead of Central Standard Time. Darvish...  

It's a bit of a long read, but it's certainly worth it. Darvish receives two pretty nice comps in the article: Felix Hernandez and Ubaldo Jimenez. Well, those two pitchers -- but with a nice twist: Examining several sets of comparable pitchers ...