Commentary
Exchange rate
Yu Darvish has millions of reasons to come stateside, and millions more not to
Updated: October 7, 2011, 5:11 PM ET
By Patrick Newman and Eno Sarris | ESPN The Magazine
A version of this story appears in the October 17 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD SERIES is still a couple of weeks away, many fans are already buzzing about this winter's free agent class, which includes Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Jose Reyes. But the star who could generate the most off-season hype has never played a major league game -- and might not for a few more years. His name? Yu Darvish.
For a full explanation of why Darvish stands to make more if he stays in Japan, become an ESPN Insider.
-
ESPN The Magazine subscribers
-
Need more information?
SPONSORED HEADLINES
MORE MLB HEADLINES
- Cabrera hits 3 HRs, but Tigers lose in Texas
- Moore improves to 8-0 as Rays sweep O's
- Phils' Ruiz, Howard to have MRI exams Monday
- Cardinals beat former teammate Lohse again
MOST SENT STORIES ON ESPN.COM
ESPN The Magazine: October 17, 2011
Features
- Bodies We Want 2011, 2010, 2009
| Videos | More - Peyton Manning confronts his body's limitations
- Is stem cell therapy for real?
- Former hoops star Mike Williams walks again
- A sports reporter bares it all
- The importance of balls in sports
- The body you don't want
Columns & Go/Play
- MLB: Player X on the postseason

- MLB: Will Yu Darvish sign stateside this off-season?
- MLB: Detroit turns back on Tiger Stadium lot
- NHL: LA Hockey Club brings new talent to league
- NFL: Explosive rise of the shotgun
- CFB: Dominique Whaley stuns Sooner fans
- NASCAR: Do rules make drivers reckless?
- Sailing: Yachts vs. Pirates
- Boxing: Hugh Jackman on Real Steel
- Bullfighting: How to step between 1,800-pound beasts
- Law: First 2013 mock draft
- Bowden: Who's better -- Miller or Harvey?
- Nitkowski: MLB clubs now smarter in Asia
- Karabell: Machado deserves more love
- Szymborski: Astros' quest to catch '62 Mets
