Most of us younger baseball fans can remember the song "Soulja Boy" where it starts out saying "Youuuuuuu" followed by the beats of a steel drum, this is exactly what I think of when I read Yu Darvish's name in print. If you are unaware of who Yu Darvish is, he is a Japanese pitcher who made his Major League debut last night in Texas. Darvish came over from Japan after the Texas Rangers made a $51.7 million bid offer to him this off season. Then the Rangers had to make actual deal with Yu, which he received a 6-year $60 million contract with them. Darvish has been referred to as "Daisuke (pronounced Dice-k) on Steroids" and as one of the best, if not the best, pitcher in Japan. So for a pitcher who has a total of $111.7 million invested in him, how did he do? Well, he gave up 4 runs in the first inning and then another run in the second. But after some serious offensive firepower, the Rangers tied up and then went ahead thanks to homeruns from Nelson Cruz, Mitch Moreland, and Josh Hamilton. With that, Darvish was on course to gain the win for Texas after only 5 innings, which he only pitched 5 2/3 innings with 111 pitches. Darvish left with a 7.94 ERA and gave up 8 hits, 4 walks, and had 5 strikeouts. Not the most impressive outing for such a hyped-up pitcher, but there is some adjusting coming from Japanese baseball to American baseball. Rangers pitching coaches have been trying to "Americanize" Darvish's pitching to get him ready for the season to start, but still have some kinks to work out. Yu Darvish is the first pitcher in over 100 years in his major league debut to win after giving up 4 runs in the first inning. Manager Ron Washington stated that he wasn't going to take Darvish out after the first inning but was going to let him battle through, find his groove, and work from there, which he did. I feel as though Yu did a great job for his first start, but still has some work to do to become a $111 million pitcher.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Most of us younger baseball fans can remember the song "Soulja Boy" where it starts out saying "Youuuuuuu" followed by the beats of a steel drum, this is exactly what I think of when I read Yu Darvish's name in print. If you are unaware of who Yu Darvish is, he is a Japanese pitcher who made his Major League debut last night in Texas. Darvish came over from Japan after the Texas Rangers made a $51.7 million bid offer to him this off season. Then the Rangers had to make actual deal with Yu, which he received a 6-year $60 million contract with them. Darvish has been referred to as "Daisuke (pronounced Dice-k) on Steroids" and as one of the best, if not the best, pitcher in Japan. So for a pitcher who has a total of $111.7 million invested in him, how did he do? Well, he gave up 4 runs in the first inning and then another run in the second. But after some serious offensive firepower, the Rangers tied up and then went ahead thanks to homeruns from Nelson Cruz, Mitch Moreland, and Josh Hamilton. With that, Darvish was on course to gain the win for Texas after only 5 innings, which he only pitched 5 2/3 innings with 111 pitches. Darvish left with a 7.94 ERA and gave up 8 hits, 4 walks, and had 5 strikeouts. Not the most impressive outing for such a hyped-up pitcher, but there is some adjusting coming from Japanese baseball to American baseball. Rangers pitching coaches have been trying to "Americanize" Darvish's pitching to get him ready for the season to start, but still have some kinks to work out. Yu Darvish is the first pitcher in over 100 years in his major league debut to win after giving up 4 runs in the first inning. Manager Ron Washington stated that he wasn't going to take Darvish out after the first inning but was going to let him battle through, find his groove, and work from there, which he did. I feel as though Yu did a great job for his first start, but still has some work to do to become a $111 million pitcher.
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