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An excellent take on why Yu Darvish's stuff isn't quite translating into the expected results using velo charts and heat maps. "This is the repertoire of a guy who should miss a lot of bats. And yet, after three starts, Darvish just isn’t fooling anyone. 333 pitches into his big league career, and opposing batters have made contact on 81.6% of the pitches he’s thrown. Major League average for a starting pitcher in 2012 is 81.7%. The main reason appears to be directly related to..."

Man, what's up with Tejas ballplayers and illegal substances? Well, looks like he'll be fitting in...

Darvish was in Texas this last week to 'negotiate'. He already went home after demanding 5 yrs/100 million. With the transfer fee, that would put him over 30 million a season. The Rangers could have any pitcher in the world for that money - why take an unproven one?