Japanese ace Yu Darvish will be pitching in a Texas Rangers uniform in 2012, agreeing to a six-year deal worth approximately $60 million on Wednesday. They also now, have a couple of days to pay the posting fee of 52 million to his old Japanese team, which they will surely do.
I like Yu Darvish and I believe he will be very good. I know that I always get fooled by these Japanese imports but I think he will be very good. The 25-year-old Darvish was 18-6 last season in Japan with a league-best 1.44 ERA and 276 strikeouts. He walked just 36 batters in 232 innings. Scouts have raved about Darvish's fastball command and what some say is a seven-pitch repertoire, which includes about everything but a changeup.
The only thing I may worry about is the Texas heat getting to him, but I really like the way the Rangers are doing things. They have a strong enough pitching staff in the AL West and have a huge offense (who's rumored to have interest in Prince Fielder). They may have the best shot to making it back to the World Series next year.
Plus their are awesome photo's like this going around, and BMack loves that.
