by Justin Bopp on Dec 19, 2011 11:10 PM EST in MLB Breaking News
The Nippon Ham Fighters are accepting a bid for $51.7 million from the Texas Rangers for the rights to negotiate a contract with Yu Darvish, The Rangers now have 30 days to negotiate a contract with Darvish, which is believed to go north of $50 million itself, which makes this potentially a $100 million effort.
Here’s the problem:
What Can Yu Do? The Potential Impact of Yu Darvish – MLB Daily Dish
To start, the Texas Rangers have been speculated to be a major player in this bidding war. Although adding $30 million in contracts this previous year, they are shedding a little over $10 million in salary. This of course, many believe would be a fair asking price per year that Darvish could collect. The problem is, they have many key players entering Arbitration years such as Andrus, Napoli, and Feliz; all who would need to be locked up. If the Rangers did not make a major push at $100 million for Wilson, why would they for Darvish?
http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2011/12/19/2648028/rangers-wins-yu-darvish-rights-for-51-7-million
Rangers eye Japan ace
The Texas Rangers have won the rights to negotiate exclu¬sively with Japanese pitching ace Yu Darvish after offering what may be the sport’s richest ever posting fee, Major League Baseball announced in a state¬ment Tuesday.
Financial terms of the bid were not disclosed but reports said it was over the $51 million paid by the Boston Red Sox to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2006.
The Rangers now have 30 days to sign the latest Japanese sensation on a Major or Minor League contract.
The 25-year-old is con¬sidered the best pitcher in Japanese baseball, the two-time Pacific League most valu¬able player has a 93-38 career record with a 1.99 earned run average over seven seasons.
Global Times | December 20, 2011 23:31
By Agencies
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/689282/Rangers-eye-Japan-ace.aspx
