But, Texas has a history of landing Japanese free agents, most notably pitcher Yu Darvish. Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers the Texas Rangers for On SI and also ...

500 the last time Yu Darvish climbed a big-league mound ... notice Darvish’s car in the garage on Friday, found his old Rangers teammate in the trainer’s room and pulled him in for a hug.

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

Yu Darvish has played for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and the San Diego Padres. Surely, a connection can be made between his experience and all of these teams being one ...

Yu Darvish, one of two front-line starters eligible ... starting with the 2012 Texas Rangers. He has topped 200 strikeouts in four different seasons, missing only when sidelined by a triceps ...

The Texas Rangers took out a full-page ad in the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s national daily paper to thank Yu Darvish.

Few pitchers, however, have jumped from Japan to Major League Baseball as Yu Darvish has, and the 38-year-old veteran will continue to make himself available as a mentor of sorts to the 24-year ...

The system is quite different now, for example, than when the Rangers landed Yu Darvish in 2012. Allow us to walk through as much as possible: The system exists as a guardrail to deter MLB teams ...

Sizing up the Padres’ 40-man roster heading into the 2025 season: Yu Darvish finished strong in the postseason after ...

Yu Darvish is out for the season, recovering from Tommy John surgery. You would think without their ace the Texas Rangers' season would be doomed. It's not. Darvish is the be-all and end-all for ...

That meant any recruiting pitch from Yu Darvish could not be done face-to ... San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and San Francisco Giants were among ...