Yu Darvish Blog Posts

When you see pitching match ups such as Justin Verlander vs CC Sabathia, R.A. Dickey vs Jon Lester, Stephen Strasburg vs Johnny Cueto, Cole Hamels vs James Shields, Ian Kennedy vs Yovani Gallardo, Yu Darvish vs Jered Weaver and Adam Wainwright vs Mat...

Yu Darvish was taken out of Sunday night's game after reaggravating a blister on his right index finger. The blister popped up after his first start of the season as his outing was stretched out as he attempted to pitch a perfect game against the Ast...

Rangers Reduce Magic Number to 5Yu Darvish (16-9, 3.90 ERA) takes on Tom Milone (13-10, 3.86 ERA) as the Rangers (91-62) play the Athletics (86-67) on Tuesday night at Rangers Ballpark. The Rangers beat the Athletics yesterday in dramatic, walk-off f...

Yu Darvish Looking Like The Texas Rangers AceIt took time for Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish to work out the kinks of his new job but it’s starting to look like he’s a guy the Rangers can rely on as the playoffs approach. Thursday n...

Yu Darvish & Rangers Open Seattle SeriesYu Darvish (14-9, 4.14 ERA) battles Hisashi Iwakuma (6-4, 3.39 ERA) who earned the 100th inning pitched of his career in his last outing when the Rangers (85-58) play the first of a three-game series again...

Two consecutive extra-inning games against the Texas Rangers seemed to have no negative effect for the Rays on Sunday. B.J. Upton continued his stellar second half of the season by blasting three home runs to power the offense, while James Shields pi...

Rangers & Yu Darvish Face Rays Today (Preview)Yu Darvish (14-9, 4.29 ERA) faces Chris Archer ( RHP, 0-2, 3.86) on the mound as the Rangers (82-56) face the Rays (76-62) on Saturday night at Tropicana Field. In yesterday’s game, the Rays...

If you will, baseball fans, journey back with me to July 9, 2002. The devoted baseball fan cringes at the mere mention of that date, but for those of you who don’t, let me clue you in. As you can imagine, it’s an All-Star game. Juicer Barry Bonds...

Texas Rangers players Josh Hamilton have been named AL Player of the Month for April; Yu Darvish named AL Rookie of the Month. It's the fifth time Hamilton has been named player of the month (April and May of 2008 and June and July of 2010). Hamilton...

After the first few batters of his very first Major League start I was beginning to wonder if Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was just another big name flop and would soon be on the Lamar Odom plan of how to get out of the Metroplex and ruin a teams seaso...

Yu Darvish makes his debut for the Texas Ranger's with a 6-2 win as he struct out three in two scoreless innings and made a run-saving play . Texas Rangers has been reportedly signed the Japanese Star   with a whopping $107 million this winter...

It’s the off-season early for the New York Yankees and all of us Yankee fans are walking around aimlessly with nothing to do. Yes, we could watch the postseason without the Yankees, and yes, I’ve told you numerous times that if baseball is on, I...

It’s the off-season early for the New York Yankees and all of us Yankee fans are walking around aimlessly with nothing to do. Yes, we could watch the postseason without the Yankees, and yes, I’ve told you numerous times that if baseball is on, I...

First, let me give you alittle Yankee pitching news. 3 names have moved on according to LoHud, read it HERE.Aaron Laffey was apparently claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals. Scott Proctor elected free agency as did Raul Valdes. Now, for ot...

First, let me give you alittle Yankee pitching news. 3 names have moved on according to LoHud, read it HERE.Aaron Laffey was apparently claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals. Scott Proctor elected free agency as did Raul Valdes. Now, for ot...

Earlier this year, I wrote a piece on Japanese phenom Yu Darvish titled WHY YU COULD BE THE ANSWER. I know... we’ve all heard this story before: a studly Japanese pitcher dominates in Japan, impresses in the World Baseball Classic, gets a massive...

Earlier this year, I wrote a piece on Japanese phenom Yu Darvish titled WHY YU COULD BE THE ANSWER. I know... we’ve all heard this story before: a studly Japanese pitcher dominates in Japan, impresses in the World Baseball Classic, gets a massive...