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A scout who saw Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish against the Twins on Saturday was not especially...

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A scout who saw Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish against the Twins on Saturday was not especially impressed. "He’s going to give up a ton of hits," the scout said. "A lot of his fastballs are very straight. The guy is supposed to throw hard. But he basically pitched at 89 to 92, touching 93-94. That’s pretty good in Japan. It’s not very good here. "He has a good cutter, a good curveball. But when he gets in trouble, he turns into a breaking-ball guy – nibble, nibble, he won’t let it go. He reminded me of Dice-K."

From Ken Rosenthal's column today.