The Texas Rangers have won the bid for Yu Darvish for a record setting total of $51.7 million. Yu Darish, who is the best player to ever come out of the Japanese Baseball League, is only 25 years old wand hasn't posted an ERA greater than 2 since 2007. The Blue Jays were the early favorites to win the bidding, but just fell short for the bidding.
Yu Darvish will easily cost the Rangers a $50 million contract to go along with the post. Darvish has the potential to be a better pitcher than CJ Wilson, who they just lost in free agency to division rival, the Angels. If the Rangers do sign Darvish, they will lose no momentum going into the season after losing Wilson. The AL West has become one of the power house divisions in the league and the rivalry between the Rangers and the Angels has been solidified with this offseason. It seems that the spending restrictions that the Rangers had at the beginning of the season are no longer an issue, and they are ready to drop big bucks.
Darvish may actually perform the same as he did in Japan, due to the MLB having higher mounds and more solid dirt on the mound, allowing him to maintain velocity and have some extra distance on the batter. I can see Darvish putting up a 2.00 Era, 18 wins, and racking up 200 innings this year, which will help the Rangers secure at least a wild card position in the tough AL West.
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