The pregame consensus among the Japanese media members covering Yu Darvish was that the Rangers would deal the right-hander unless they were to win the next two games.
One down, thanks to all that offense Monday.
Darvish might very well be in control of his own trade destiny when he takes the mound Wednesday, if our Japanese friends’ theory is to hold true.
The Trade-Deadline-O-Meter continues to sense that Darvish won’t be traded. Nothing new developed on that front Tuesday, other than the Rangers winning to avoid falling further back in the wild-card standings.