Cespedes vs. Darvish and Other Spring Goodies

Cespedes Signs: Yoenis Cespedes arrived in Phoenix on Saturday and after passing his physical, the 4-year $36 million contact he agreed to with the Oakland Athletics became official. Finally. I’m always anxious about contract negotiations or trades until they are finalized because it always seems to good to be true when the A’s get any player of value. It’s a good day for A’s fans, who could use a few good days. But this whole Cespedes saga has made me a little bitter about another international free agent signing this winter. I know they are completely different players, but it seems there is an endless stream of praise directed towards the Texas Rangers for their signing of Japanese pitcher, Yu Darvish. And yet the A’s are met with skepticism and doubt with their big signing of the off-season. This bothers me. I’ve read all the scouting reports on Darvish and I understand that he’s supposed to be different from any other Japanese pitcher before him, but the fact of the matter is h...