Yu Darvish To Be Posted Tomorrow
Nippon-Ham Fighters ace Yu Darvish will be posted tomorrow, tweets agent Don
Nomura. Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times tweets confirmation from Darvish
himself.
We've heard in recent weeks that Darvish may be posted following the Winter
Meetings, and that appears to be his case. His father had told reporters that
there was a "50-50" chance he'd be posted at all, and in Jon Paul Morosi's
Winter Meetings preview, we heard that Darvish may have become
"disillusioned" with the posting system, at least in part due to Hisashi
Iwakuma's 2010 situation with the Athletics.
All of that seems to be moot now, as the 25-year-old Darvish is set to get
the opportunity to take his oustanding credentials to Major League Baseball.
Darvish has never posted an ERA above 2.00 in Japan, and has been linked to a
number of Major League teams. He will be viewed as an alternative to C.J.
Wilson and Mark Buehrle, the market's two most sought after pitchers prior to
his posting. In addition to Nomura, Darvish is represented by Arn Tellem.
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