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2008/4/13 ask BA
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/265903.html
Darvish is a huge draw and seven years away from free agency in Japan, so it
could be a while before we see him in the United States. However, the
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters could be tempted sooner rather than later by the
amount of money they could get for his rights if they posted him. The Seibu
Lions received $51.1 million from the Red Sox for the rights to Daisuke
Matsuzaka, and Darvish could surpass that figure.
A 6-foot-5, 190-pound righthander, Darvish is just 21 years old. Two
international scouts described him as having a variety of above-average
pitches. He works in the low 90s with his fastball and can reach back for
95-96 mph on occasion. He can cut his fastball, and he also throws a slider,
curveball, splitter and a changeup. His ability to locate his pitches makes
them play up, and he could be a frontline starter in the big leagues.
"He has plus stuff, and plus command and control to go with plus makeup," one
scout said. "If I had a big game, I would be comfortable with him on the
mound. He's a No. 1 starter for me. Absolutely filthy last year, and he
played most of the year at 20. We'll see what happens as the innings pile on
his arm, but he would be 1-1 in the draft . . .
"We're not talking a 'blow them away with a fastball and knee-wobbling stuff'
kind of guy. We're talking a kid with a projectable body who knows how to
pitch and is still developing physically—and is really good right now. He
still might end up with jaw-dropping stuff. He's still very young."
Royals manager Trey Hillman spent the last five years as the skipper of the
Ham Fighters, which included the first three seasons of Darvish's Japanese
big league career. Alan Eskew, BA's Royals correspondent, asked Hillman about
Darvish, and got this glowing endorsement:
"In my opinion, he's one of the best in the world at 21. He throws a
fastball, curveball, slider, change, a split. He's the full package. He's got
an array of every pitch you'd want to see with the exception of a
knuckleball. He throws a four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, movement that
is natural and really unfair. He has velocity, 92-95, to go with it. He's a
tremendous competitor, a great worker, a great teammate, handles fame very
well. He doesn't like the spotlight but will endure it long enough to do what
he needs to do."
Eskew asked Hillman to stack up Darvish against Matsuzaka, and Hillman opted
for his former ace. Here's how the two pitchers performed at ages 18-20 in
the Japanese majors:
Matsuzaka ranked No. 1 on our 2007 Top 100. He had a longer track record of
success than Darvish, though the youngster's résumé is impressive
nonetheless. In his first full season, 2006, Darvish earned the Japan Series
MVP award and won the clincher as the Fighters captured their first
championship in 45 years. Last season, he won the Sawamura Award as Japan's
top major league pitcher after going 15-5, 1.82 and leading both leagues with
210 strikeouts in 208 innings.
Had Darvish signed with a major league club last offseason, I would have
ranked him as the third-best prospect in baseball, behind Reds outfielder Jay
Bruce and Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. I'd give him the nod as the best
young player not under control to a U.S. team, ahead of Cuban infielder
Yulieski Gourriel.
2009 WBC top 10 Prospects:
By J.J. Cooper
April 7, 2009
1. Yu Darvish, rhp, Japan
On Team Japan, Darvish stands out. It's not only because at 6-foot-5, he
stands heads and shoulders over most of his Japanese teammates. The
22-year-old carries himself with the swagger of a rock star, from his leg
kick after key strikeouts to his actress wife and his love of the limelight.
He also stands out with his stuff. He has one of the best, and deepest,
assortments of pitches in baseball period. His fastball sits between 93-95
mph and he can touch 99 mph at times. But his 82-84 mph slider and 76 mph
12-to-6 cuveball may be even more effective. He also has a 90-91 mph split
that dives into the dirt at the plate.
Interestingly, he always pitches from the stretch, and he's recently added a
slight pause as he breaks his hands that adds some deception to his timing.
If there is any complaint about Darvish from U.S. scouts, it's that he
pitches too much off his secondary stuff when he has the fastball to simply
blow hitters away. But it's hard to argue with results—he went 12-5, 2.90
with Nippon in 2006, bettered it by going 15-5, 1.82 in 2007 and 16-4, 1.88
in 2008.
Darvish has given no indication that he plans on coming to the U.S. anytime
soon, and he's still several years away from free agency, although he could
garner Nippon a posting fee likely in excess of the $51 million Daisuke
Matsuzaka brought Seibu.
If Darvish ever does come to the U.S., he likely would have a somewhat easier
transition than many Japanese players. His Iranian father lived in the States
in the 1970s and 1980s before moving to Japan, and Darvish still has
relatives in the U.S.