The Texas Rangers, who lost C.J. Wilson in free agency, have won the opening big for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. The bid was reportedly worth $51.7 million, which is the same amount as the Red Sox spent to talk to Daisuke Matsuzaka. Darvish will be well worth the money they pay him if he posts the same numbers that he did over in Japan.
For his career, Darvish has a 1.99 ERA. That number is no fluke either, Darvish has been posting on that earned run average since he was 18 years old. He is now 24 years old and put together his most impressive season to date. Yu struck out 276 batters in only 232 innings pitched.
Darvish appears to have all the tools necessary to become one of the best pitchers in the league instantly. But, like Matsuzaka, it will may be hard to get used to pitching every fifth day. I think he can handle everything though and I believe he will be a force in the MLB.
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