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Before he was postseason-bound: Yu Darvish
- Updated: October 3, 2016
The Rangers are headed to the postseason for the second consecutive season after winning the AL West. As this will be the first time that many fans across the Majors will be focusing on their roster, here’s our attempt to learn the origins of starter Yu Darvish.
Yu Darvish, RHPBorn: Habikino, Osaka, JapanDOB: 8/16/86HS: Tohoku (Sendai, Japan)Japan: Nippon-Ham Fighters
Path to Texas: Darvish was purchased by the Rangers in January 2012 from the Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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