Tag: Yu Darvish

The big news last week was that the Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association decided to compete in next year’s World Baseball Classic. The next challenge two-time defending champion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Yu Darvish looked Monday like you’d expect a postseason ace to look. “I think it is coming together,” Darvish said through his Japanese interpreter.

TORONTO — Yu Darvish is getting back to being the pitcher he wants to be and that’s a good thing for the Texas Rangers. He overcame a shaky

Taiwanese left-hander Wei-Yin Chen of the Baltimore Orioles has been selected as the best import by the Sporting News in its first-half review of the American League. Chen

  Writers from around Tribune Co. reveal which of the five choices — Jonathan Broxton, Yu Darvish, Ernesto Frieri, Jason Hammel or Jake Peavy — they think should

As Yu Darvish began his rock-star ascension with the Rangers this season, Hideki Matsui was looking for a job. Only three years earlier, Matsui was the World Series

ARLINGTON — Mother Nature provided for Yu Darvish on Tuesday night the one test — blazing Texas heat — that many have debated if he could handle. The

SAN DIEGO — Once Yu Darvish settled down after the second inning, the San Diego Padres didn’t have a chance. Darvish held San Diego to five hits over eight

Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored in Monday’s win over the Rangers. Facing fellow countryman Yu Darvish, Ichiro produced RBI knocks in the

Age: 24 Position: RHP 2011 Stats: 10-12, 2.46 ERA, 192 Ks, 216 IP While he is undersized at just 6’0″ and 160 pounds, Kenta Maeda has been terrific

ARLINGTON, Texas — Expectations for Yu Darvish were every bit as big as the contract he signed to move from his native Japan.  He continues to meet and

ARLINGTON, Texas—Anytime a game is delayed for one hour, it typically means the end of the workday for a starting pitcher. To rev up the arm again after

TORONTO — Yu Darvish acknowledged it felt strange to face the Blue Jays. That didn’t stop him from shutting down their lineup.  Darvish won his third straight start,

From the Rangers’ point of view, Yu Darvish’s acclimation to the U.S., and the Major Leagues in particular, has been about as seamless as they could have hoped

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Yu Darvish is getting better each time out for the Texas Rangers. Facing the Yankees for the first time, Yu Darvish pitched into the ninth

ARLINGTON, Texas — For only the seventh time in major-league history, two Japanese-born pitchers will face one another when the Yankees’ Hiroki Kuroda and the Rangers’ Yu Darvish

DETROIT (AP) – Ever since that rocky first inning in his major league debut, Yu Darvish has been as good as advertised. Darvish pitched two-hit ball into the

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Yu Darvish knows it’s going to take time to adjust to major league hitters.  Yu Darvish worked 5 2/3 innings before Rangers manager Ron Washington

ARLINGTON, Texas – Ichiro Suzuki didn’t want to discuss Yu Darvish’s stuff, shrugging off a question about his countryman’s performance in Darvish’s Rangers debut. But Ichiro volunteered praise for

Takashi Saito (Japanese) – Arizona Diamondbacks – Pitcher – on the inactive roster Tsuyoshi Wada (Japanese) – Baltimore Orioles – Pitcher – starting out the season on the 15-day disabled

When the Mariners visit the Rangers on Monday night, the focus will be on one player and one player alone. And for more than 100 million reasons. That

PEORIA, Ariz. – Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish shrugged off the pressure of facing his first major league batters and the distraction of 150 news reporters and a

SURPRISE, Arizona — The mere presence of Yu Darvish on the mound made this more than an ordinary day at camp for the Texas Rangers. In the spotlight:

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Everywhere Yu Darvish went Thursday morning, between 100 or 200 other folks followed. Most were media attempting to snap an image or capture a piece

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

The Japanese market could be back on a bull run. Yu Darvish’s six-year, $60 million deal with the Rangers made him a big leaguer on Wednesday, but will

Star pitcher Yu Darvish, who last week signed a six-year, $60 million contract with the Texas Rangers, has announced through Attorney of Divorce David Goldberg that he has divorced

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNEyOz0bOiA] Yu Darvish has arrived to the United States. The Texas Rangers introduced recently-signed Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish who discussed his upcoming transition to playing in the

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpSb7uU3j94] ARLINGTON, Texas — 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

As Major League Baseball fans currently await the terms of Yu Darvish‘s seemingly inevitable contract with the Texas Rangers—and to a lesser extent the contracts of Hiroyuki Nakajima

The Texas Rangers have won the right to negotiate with Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish. The next question: how high can the Rangers go in negotiating a contract

The winning bid for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish will top the $51.1 million the Red Sox paid for the right to speak to Daisuke Matsuzaka, SI.com reported Saturday.

The clock is ticking on potential bidders for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, who made himself available for posting Thursday. That means major league teams must submit bids by

Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish wants to play Major League Baseball next season, USA Today reported Wednesday. A 25-year-old right-hander Darvish plays for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, who