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Far East Notes: Darvish, Aoki, Nippert

By Mark Polishuk | November 11, 2011 at 9:56pm CDT

Here's the latest on Japanese players who could be coming to North America and a North American who's staying in South Korea…

  • There is "a bit of concern" among executives that Yu Darvish won't decide to be posted this winter, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  It has been widely assumed that Darvish would be posted and immediately become one of the most sought-after pitchers on the market, despite the fact that it will cost a team at least $100MM to both win the posting bid and then sign Darvish to a contract.
  • The transition to four days' rest from six days' rest between starts will be the biggest transition for Darvish if he comes to the Major Leagues, writes ESPN's Jason Coskrey.  Coskrey also provides brief scouting reports of Wei-Yin Chen, Hisashi Iwakuma and Tsuyoshi Wada, three pitchers likely to make the jump from NPB to MLB this winter.
  • Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (via Twitter) suggests the Indians aren’t likely to pursue Norichika Aoki, the three-time Central League batting champion who will be posted this offseason. As Hoynes reported yesterday, however, the Indians are interested in Japanese right-hander Shinobu Fukuhara.
  • Dustin Nippert has signed a new two-year deal with the Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization, reports Dan of MyKBO.net (Twitter link).  Nippert originally signed with Doosan in March.  The 30-year-old right-hander pitched three seasons each with the Diamondbacks and Rangers from 2005-2010 before being non-tendered by Texas last offseason.

MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith also contributed to this post

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  1. MrBaseball29

    14 years ago

    If Darvish don’t post I’ll never watch the MLB again

    Reply
    • NickinIthaca

      14 years ago

      What’s your reasoning for feeling that way?  MLB won’t get any worse because of it, considering he hasn’t played any games over here yet…

      Reply
  2. FrankTheFunkasaurusRex

    14 years ago

    I hope Darvish doesn’t post. He’s being way overvalued right now. Wait a year so his posting fee drops

    Reply
    • Lunchbox45

      14 years ago

      if he’s smart he’ll post and not sign, that way he can sign the following year without the posting system.. He’ll probably get a much bigger contract without a team having to shell out the posting fee

      Reply
      • MrBaseball29

        14 years ago

        He’s not a FA till like 17

        Reply
        • Lunchbox45

          14 years ago

           huh?

          Reply
          • shockey12 2

            14 years ago

            He is still under contract with the Fighters until 2014 or 2015 so if he doesn’t sign after getting posted the he’ll have to wait until his contract Is up.

            Reply
            • MrBaseball29

              14 years ago

              I thought it was until 2017

              Reply
            • Commander_Nate

              14 years ago

              It’s 2014. Until then, he’d have to be posted.

              Reply
  3. bobbybaseball

    14 years ago

    I bet both the Red Sox and the Cubs pass on him if he does post after the results of the
    Dice-K experiment.  

    Reply
  4. KyleB

    14 years ago

    Yu Darvish is a tease.

    Reply
  5. Guest 6195

    14 years ago

    Don’t worry guys, see, I posted?

    Reply
    • EdinsonPickle

      14 years ago

      How clever! See what he did there! His name is Yu Darvish and he “posted” like posting on a forum!!! Tee hee!

      Reply
    • Mariners4Ever

      14 years ago

      Man you corny!…. goodness gracious!

      Reply
      • Jay

        14 years ago

        How is that corny please tell me

        Reply
        • Mariners4Ever

          14 years ago

          My bad should be more aware what i write from now on.

          Reply
    • Jay

      14 years ago

      Now thats very funny,hehe

      Reply
    • KyleB

      14 years ago

      I don’t get it…

      😛

      Reply
      • Jay

        14 years ago

        You don’t get it.Darvish just posted on here,hehe

        Reply
        • CaseyBlakeDeWitt

          14 years ago

          Please learn how sarcasm works sir..

          Reply

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