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MLB Free Agency: Should the New York Yankees Risk Signing Yu Darvish?

October 19, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees

We’ve heard all the hype about Yu Darvish for about two years now.

We’ve all wondered when he’ll leave Japan to come to the Major Leagues.

It looks like Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japanese Baseball League, will post Darvish and make him available for the 2012 season.

For those unfamiliar with how posting works, Darvish’s team will have an auction of sorts for all 30 teams. Whoever bids the highest will get the rights to negotiate with Darvish.

That bid will just get the team the right to negotiate with Darvish, that winning team still has to work out a contract with Darvish and his agent,

Darvish is expected to get interest from a lot of teams this winter, one of them being the Yankees.

Would it make sense for the Yankees to go after Darvish?

Lets examine the pros and cons of Darvish.

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