MLB Rumors: Yu Darvish, target of the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and several other teams, has been believed to be seeking something along the lines of the 7 year, $175 million deal Stephen Strasburg currently has with the Washington Nationals. However, in today’s New York Daily News, John Harper says the New York Yankees think “its possible they could get [Darvish] for five years, $80-90 million”.
Now, I realize that the free agent market has been cold, to the point of freezing, this offseason, as teams look to re-set their luxury tax figures and slow play the market in anticipation of next year’s superclass.