Rangers president Nolan Ryan seemed confident last week that a deal would be struck with Japanese starter Yu Darvish before Wednesday?s deadline.
But that?s suddenly just three days away.
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the two sides are disagreeing on the amount of years ? not the amount of dollars ? that will frame Darvish?s first major league contract. Darvish?s camp wants the deal to be for five years so that he can hit free agency sooner and possibly cash in again, and the Rangers want to lock him up for six to maximize the value of their record?$51,703,411 posting fee.
It still seems like a given that one side will eventually cave and that a compromise will be reached. Darvish probably isn?t interested in returning to Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Rangers wouldn?t have made such an aggressive push for the 25-year-old right-hander if they weren?t enamored with him.
Darvish, who stands 6? 5?, posted a 1.44 ERA and 276/36 K/BB ratio in 232 innings last season in NPB.
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