Filed under: International BaseballEarlier this week we found out that Hisashi Iwakuma would be posted for bids by the 30 teams in the major leagues, but we wondered when he'd be joined by Japan's most prized pitcher. Will Yu Darvish come to America?
Rumors flew in both directions earlier this year until Darvish himself said in October that he would be remaining with the Nippon Ham Fighters for the 2011 season. That took care of the short term, but left the door open for something down the road. We've now got our answer, via David Lennon of Newsday.
Darvish is going to come to the U.S., but he's not going to make the leap until next year with designs on making his big-league debut in 2012. The reason for the delay isn't baseball related. Per Lennon, Darvish is going through a divorce and presumably doesn't want to put more on his plate than he can handle at present. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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