Yankees Scouting Yu Darvish

Pleaseeeeeeee not again

Darvish has explicitly stated that he wants to retire in the Japanese league...he doesn't want to play in America...so the Yanks can salivate all they want, but it is a moot case...he ain't comin!

"Darvish has explicitly stated that he wants to retire in the Japanese league"

And Manny wanted to retire in Boston.

Though I do believe the Ham Fighters won't post him in a struggling economy, odds are they won't pass the Dice-K posting. In 2-3 years it's more likely.

"we seen him in the WBC he look good, but japan use him out of the bullpen alot so maybe he could do that here"

What does this mean? He has dominated in the NPB as a starter, why would his few appearances out of the bullpen in the WBC indicate he'd be a bullpen arm over here? IF he comes to America, it'll be as a starter.

"He will be a world wide icon. The second one is, if this kid is the competitor that everybody says he is, at some point, and I mean no disrespect to the Japanese league, don't you want to play with the best talent in the world? "

I'm sorry, who EXACTLY won the WBC? Twice?

"I'm sorry, who EXACTLY won the WBC? Twice?"

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that a handful of absolutely meaningless exhibition games played when players are mainly trying to prepare for a season that actually matters, and the pitchers are controlled by pitch limits determines what country is the best at baseball. I mean, I completely understand having pitch limits, because we already have witnessed a number of examples of WBC hurting pitchers, but how can you say that a handful of games with pitch limits means anything in the grand scheme of things.

Besides, I never said Americans were the best at baseball. I said the United States had the best baseball league in the world. You know, the league that Ichiro, Dice K, Iwamura, and half of the Japanese team that won the meaningless WBC tournament plays in. If every player that played for MLB played for team USA in the WBC, they would be a massive favorite every time it came around, although again, a 5 or 6 game sample size in March really means absolutely nothing. That is why the season is 6 months long, not 2 weeks.

I think this is the part where you somehow find a way to break off topic completely and rant about the east coast bias that is ruining baseball.

And that is just the U.S. The same goes for the Dominican team, the Puerto Rican team, the Venezuelan team, etc. You don't think the WBC would have been different with a full strength Johan Santana going back to back with Felix Hernandez under the WBC format? Until we see a competition where every team participating is fully committed to winning, and all the best players in the world are all involved, we can't say with any conviction which country plays the best international baseball, not based on the WBC. Sorry for the three posts.

"I'm sorry, who EXACTLY won the WBC? Twice?"

Japan.

But if you took a team of major leaguers, and had them play exhibitions against a team of all players from the Pacific and Central Leagues, then the MLB team would absolutely destroy the Japanese-league team.

This about leagues, not nationality.

And based on scouting reports from multiple sources, Yu Darvish is nothing like Igawa. Darvish is regarded as the best pitcher in Japan right now, and it's not even close. He's considered better than Matsuzaka, and many scouting institutions, including Baseball America, have said that Darvish would likely be an ace upon his arrival in the major leagues.

If Darvish is ever posted, then there will be an absolute bidding war.

If the Yankees are just scouting Darvish now, they're late to the game.