Over at ESPN, Keith Law offered a scouting report on Yu Darvish , noting that among his offerings are ... a shuuto that looks like a two-seamer in the low 90s or upper 80s, a hard slider/cutter, a softer slider, a splitter, a straight changeup and a slow curveball Which of course makes me think about the Great Gyroball Mania of '07, which makes me think of gyros, which makes me hungry. Also, why ...
The Texas Rangers and Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish have until Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET to make a deal or the team will get its $51.7 million posting fee back and Darvish will be a free agent. Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan reports that the main obstacle toward getting a deal done is a simple disagreement over how many years Darvish would play for the Rangers: Texas wants to commit to six years while ...
I almost forgot Prince Fielder is still a free agent. It's such old news that it's starting to grow ear hair. This saga has lasted so long, it remembers Prohibition. All right, enough with the bad jokes. But really, it needs to end. I'd rather the Yankees throw $500 million at Prince than have to wake up another morning and get a puff of smoke when I check the MLB rumor mill. This has to be one ...