MLB Roundup: Oswalt meets with Rangers officials (Yahoo! Sports)

Lunch went well for Roy Oswalt and the Texas Rangers in a Monday face-to-face meeting, according to an ESPN.com report. Oswalt, his wife, Nicole, and agent, Bob Garber, met Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and CEO and president Nolan Ryan.

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Darvish, Texas agree to $60M, 6-yr deadline deal (AP)

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Nippon Ham Fighters starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Yokohama BayStars during their baseball game in Sapporo, Japan. For Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers, it's deadline day. The AL champion Rangers are at the end of their 30-day negotiating window to agree to a contract with Japan's top pitcher that they bid a record $51.7 million just to talk to. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **

Japan's best pitcher Yu Darvish and major league team the Texas Rangers agreed before Wednesday's deadline to a $60 million, six-year contract. In addition to the salary, the Rangers will pay a posting fee of $51,703,411 to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League. "We look at this as really a perfect fit," general manager Jon Daniels said.


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MLB Roundup: Darvish agrees to deal with Texas, former umpire dies (Yahoo! Sports)

Call him the $103 million man ... or, better yet, the man with the nearly 80,000,000,000,000 (that's 80 billion for those of you without a calculator) yen arm. Japanese pitching star Yu Darvish has agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers for a reported six-year deal worth more...

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Rangers, Darvish beat deadline with 6-year deal (Yahoo! Sports)

Japanese star Yu Darvish will join the Texas Rangers' starting rotation after the sides agreed on a $60 million deal.

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Yankees not signing Hiroyuki Nakajima? (Yahoo! Sports)

While there is plenty of attention on Yu Darvish coming to America to try and work out a deal with the Texas Rangers, another Japanese import might end up not signing with the team that spent $2 million for the … Continue reading →

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Rangers win posting rights for Yu Darvish (The Canadian Press)

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers have won exclusive negotiating rights for Japanese free agent pitcher Yu Darvish.

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Wilson wants a six-year deal (Yahoo! Sports)

The Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, and, of course, Texas Rangers have all...

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MLB Roundup: Yankees will talk to Rangers’ Wilson, Cashman says (Yahoo! Sports)

Brian Cashman has made it known the New York Yankees will seek pitching this offseason, and the general manager backed that up by publicly acknowledging the club's rumored interest in Texas Rangers starter C.J. Wilson. "We haven't talked to him yet, but we will,"...

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Cashman: Yankees will talk to Rangers’ Wilson (Yahoo! Sports)

Brian Cashman has made it known the New York Yankees will seek pitching this offseason, and the general manager backed that up by publicly acknowledging the club's rumored interest in Texas Rangers starter C.J. Wilson. "We haven't talked to him yet, but we will,"...

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Texas’ Wilson likes playing for Rangers (Yahoo! Sports)

Sabathia agreed to stay with the New York Yankees on Monday. Could Texas Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson be the next potential free agent pitcher to stay home? Wilson, who will hit the open market Thursday, told ScoreboardDaily.com that he likes his chances of returning to the Rangers.

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