The Texas Rangers have won the rights to come to terms with Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish by submitting a tall posting bid of $51.7 million.

By Paul White, USA TODAY The Texas Rangers have won the right to come to terms with Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish. The subsequent question: how tall can the Rangers go in negotiating a stipulate for the 25-year-old? We know how tall the Rangers were willing

Yu Darvish has dominated NPB (Nippon Pro Baseball) for a whilst now and is only twenty-five years old. In 164 career starts over 7 seasons (totaling 1268 innings), he posted a 93-38 record, 1.99 ERA, .98 WHIP and 3.8 K/BB.

Yu Darvish has dominated NPB (Nippon Pro Baseball) for a whilst now and is only twenty-five years old. In 164 career starts over 7 seasons (totaling 1268 innings), he posted a 93-38 record, 1.99 ERA, .98 WHIP and 3.8 K/BB.

The Texas Rangers have won the rights to come to terms with Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish by submitting a tall posting bid of $51.7 million.