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Yu Darvish Becomes Highest-Paid Player in Japan, No Comment on Coming to MLB

With teams signing up ace pitchers to long-term deals earlier and earlier, the free agent landscape is awfully short on dynamic starters in the next few years. That's part of what makes Yu Darvish so interesting. Just 24, Darvish is, by acclaim, the best pitcher in Japan who hasn't yet attempted to make his way to the...

Yu Darvish Reportedly Will Move to Majors in 2012

Earlier this week we found out that Hisashi Iwakuma would be posted for bids by the 30 teams in the major leagues, but we wondered when he'd be joined by Japan's most prized pitcher. Will Yu Darvish come to America? Rumors flew in both directions earlier this year until Darvish himself said in October that he would be...

Yu Darvish, Top Japanese Pitcher, Says He Won't Play in Majors in 2011

It apparently will be at least one more year before Yu Darvish, one of the two premier starting pitchers in Japan, opts to pitch in the major leagues. Darvish, a right-hander who throws from the three-quarters position, had been one of the most dominant pitchers in Japan the last four years with a 58-22 record and 1.80...

Major League Notebook: May 20

Here's what's happening around baseball on Thursday May 20, 2010: • This is a major league notebook, but we start with an item from the Nippon Professional Baseball league. Yu Darvish, the next big thing from Japan (and a player who has said he doesn't expect to leave his native land), reportedly has an agent with...

'Wa' Reigns Supreme at WBC

LOS ANGELES -- It's all about the Wa, the forfeiture of self for the unity and harmony of the greater good, or team. You could sense Wa all around Monday night, as Japan and South Korea engaged in one of the finest back-to-basics baseball games you might ever see. Wa was there in the sacrifice flies bringing home runners,...

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06/03/12 Angels creep closer to Rangers with 3-2 win Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA C.J. Wilson and Yu Darvish, the key pieces in a rotation chess match between the Angels and Texas Rangers last winter, squared off for the second time this season Saturday night, and though both pitched well, neither figured much in the outcome.
06/03/12 LA Angels 3, Texas Rangers 2 Source: Plano Star Rangers drop another disappointing loss in California.
06/03/12 Seventh inning is good to the Angels Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA C.J. Wilsonand Yu Darvish , the key pieces in a rotation chess match between the Angels and Texas Rangers last winter, squared off for the second time this season Saturday night, and though both pitched well, neither figured much in the outcome.
06/03/12 Darvish falls to Angels Source: CBSSports.com Friday night belonged to Johan Santana and the Mets, and Saturday will belong to fans who are partial to intriguing match-ups loaded with sub-plots.
06/03/12 Final: Angels 3, Rangers 2 Source: Angels: From the Dugout Alberto Callaspo's timely hit, and a very close slide into home by Mike Trout, allowed the Angels to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.