Nippon Ham starter Kohei Arihara pitches the ball during the Japanese professional baseball match between Seibu and Nippon Ham at the Metlife Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture on June 19, 2020. - Japan's professional baseball season began behind closed doors on June 19, three months after the originally scheduled start as the country gradually rolls back its anti-coronavirus measures. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
The Texas Rangers continue their pursuit of pitching depth this off-season by turning to a familiar source.
Yu Darvish worked out pretty splendidly for the Texas Rangers upon his arrival in Arlington in 2012 from Nippon Professional Baseball’s (NPB) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan.