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Rangers Win Bidding Rights To Yu Darvish

The Texas Rangers have won the bidding rights to Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish.  Major league teams had until last Wednesday to post bids to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to negotiate exclusively with the right-hander.  Yahoo! Sports reports the posting bid was $51.7-million.  Earlier in the week, the "New York Post" reported the Toronto Blue Jays would win the rights with a bid between $40-million and $50-million.  The Chicago Cubs were also among the teams that reportedly showed interest.  The Rangers now have 30 days to work out a contract for Darvish, who went 18-and-6 with a 1.44 ERA with 276 strikeouts and 36 walks in 232 innings last season.

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