Before Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres were among the frontrunners for his signature.

The Texas Rangers have a top-10 payroll in MLB entering next season, continuing a long trend of them opening up their pocketbooks in hopes of competing.

Related: Roki Sasaki will not sign with the Texas Rangers And we expect to be even ... current home of Yu Darvish, a close friend/mentor. That was the chalk from the beginning.

San Diego Padres star Yu Darvish and newly-minted ... He has been a staple in the American baseball scene since making his debut for the Texas Rangers in 2012. He has been a strikeout leader ...

Texas is one of them ... then that is huge for the Rangers since Yu Darvish signed with this franchise when he came to the MLB, meaning there is already a solid fan base overseas because of ...

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres became only the third Japanese-born player to win a combined 200 games in Nippon Professional Baseball and ... Darvish joined the Texas Rangers in 2012 through ...

L.A.'s run of star additions has angered opposing fan bases and sounded alarms across the sport. But is the team or the system to blame?

The Texas Rangers got a tremendous bit of great ... for Sasaki to play with one of his heroes in former Rangers ace Yu Darvish. Sasaki is highly sought after for a reason. With a devastating ...

FILE - An Oakland Athletics flag is flown after a baseball game between the Athletics and the Texas Rangers ... Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii ...

The San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers ... Diego already has Yu Darvish, one of Sasaki ...