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2012 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Texas Rangers Earn Rights to Japanese Pitcher Yu Darvish (Video)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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2012 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Texas Rangers Earn Rights to Japanese Pitcher Yu Darvish (Video)

The Texas Rangers earned the rights to sign pitcher Yu Darvish Monday night, after his Japanese team, the Nippon Ham Fighters, accepted the Rangers’ posting fee bid of $51.7 million. The Rangers will now have 30 days to negotiate a contract with the 25-year-old right-hander.

Assuming Darvish does sign with Texas (we have no reason to believe he won’t), he’s a potential ace in terms of fantasy value.

During his five seasons in Japan, Darvish averaged 204 IP per year while compiling a 1.72 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 9.5 K/9 and 1.9 BB/9.

While some have been quick to compare him to Daisuke Matsuzaka, this anonymous scout warns against it….

The Evolution of the Pitcher

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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The Evolution of the Pitcher

Major League pitching has changed drastically over the last few years. For example, the 2010 and 2011 seasons combined to produce nine no-hitters. The previous 10 seasons saw a total of 15. Collective ERAs are down in recent years (from 4.77 in 2000 to 3.94 in 2011), as are batting averages (from .270 in 2000 to .255 in 2011).

Admittedly, these are very small sample sizes considering organized baseball began in 1871. But that raises an even bigger question: If baseball has changed this much over the last 12 years, how has it changed over the last 140? Any perhaps more importantly, why has it changed?

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