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Originally Posted by nik-
I would like us to land Darvish.
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Darvish has been described by some sports critics and the media in North America as a phenom while others are leery of what the posting amount could be and the risk of a poor transition to MLB.
Excerpts from an article providing a slight comparison of Matsuzaka and Darvish:
Yu Darvish: The Missing Piece For Blue Jay Contention?-Callum Hughson
"Why would Major League teams know exactly how good Dice-K could be and not Darvish? Why was Dice-K’s talent not “on the rise” while Darvish’s is? Matsuzaka was a crafty veteran when he joined the majors at age 26 but Darvish would be a young stud at the same age?..."
Daisuke was quite over-worked as a pitcher while in Japan. From his high school days onto the Japanese pros, he was used extensively.
Excerpt:
"(Matsuzaka) made a name for himself at the age of 18 when he led Yokohama High school to the Japanese Highschool National Championship (The Koshien Tournament). In the quarter finals of that tournament, Matsuzaka threw 250 pitches over a 17 inning complete game (!!!), emerging victorious. As if that wasn’t amazing enough, THE VERY NEXT DAY Daisuke pitched in the final and threw the first no hitter ever in a final...."
http://mopupduty.com/yu-darvish-the-...ntention-1207/