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Yu Darvish

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• nikkan: Yu Darvish gets 15th win as a rookie, ties Japanese rookie record (Matsuzaka 2007). Also gets 200K. September 15, 2012
• Asahi: Yu Darvish wins his 7th game. Career win number 100, including Japanese games May 28, 2012
• ESPN: Yu Darvish facts and figures April 9, 2012
• mlb.com: Rangers righty Yu Darvish throws eventful four innings in third start, faced Norichika Aoki, fans four, walks three, allows one hit on 70 pitches March 21, 2012
• SI.com: Yu Darvish struck out three in two scoreless innings and made a run-saving play in the Rangers' 6-2 win over a split squad of San Diego Padres as he debuted in sprint training March 8, 2012
• ESPN: Texas Rangers posted the highest bid for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish December 20, 2011
• SI: The top sealed bid submitted for Yu Darvish was the highest in the history of the posting process, exceeding $51.1 million fee for the rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2006 December 18, 2011
• USAToday: Buzz turns to imports: Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish and Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes December 13, 2011
• Official Blog: "I have decided to use posting system to play in Major League. I wanted fans to know about this first." December 7, 2011
• Nikkan: Nippon Ham Fighters right hander Yu Darvish has reached the decision to be posted. Announcement to come as soon as today. December 7, 2011
• Kyodo: Nippon Ham Fighters may honor Yu Darvish's wish, comment from owner Hiroji Okoso October 11, 2011
• Asahi.com: Possible MLB player 2012: Pitchers Yu Darvish, Tsuyoshi Wada, Chen Wei-yin, Hisashi Iwakuma, Kyuji Fujikawa. Shortstops Hiroyuki Nakajima and Munenori Kawasaki and outfielder Norichika Aoki. September 7, 2011
• Japan Times: MLB scouts doing due diligence on Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ace Yu Darvish September 6, 2011
• mlb.com: Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos took a three-day scouting trip to Japan to watch Yu Darvish. September 3, 2011
• Japan Times: Nippon Ham RHP Yu Darvish notches 16th victory of the season, leading NPB, matching his single-season high of 2008. 1.54 ERA and has 206 K in 175 inn. August 31, 2011
• NYPost: Post's Sherman does not believe that Igawa/Irabu experience will take the Yankees out of the Japanese market. August 24, 2011
• FoxSports: RotoWire's Brad Johnson looks to the Far East for talent for 2012 season, including Yu Darvish, Hisashi Iwakuma, Tsuyoshi Wada and Kyuji Fujikawa July 16, 2011
• Nikkan: 35 scoreless innings for Yu Darvish, third complete game shut outs in his last 4 starts June 1, 2011
• nikkan: Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yu Darvish records his 1,000th strikeouts. 7th fastest in NPB history (of 129 players) in 1,058 and 2/3 innings. April 28, 2011
• Nikkan: Yu Darvish will earn 500,000,000 yen (about $6 million) next year, only 8th playe in NPB history. Others: Ichiro, Sasaki, H. Matsui, N. Nakamura, Johjima, Matsunaka, and Kanemoto January 7, 2011

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