The New York Yankees have scouted Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish and have not dismissed the idea of pursuing the 25-year-old if he goes through the posting process required for entry into Major League Baseball. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told ESPNNewYork.com on Thursday that the team scouted Darvish during the 2011 season, in which he went 18-6 with a 1.44 ERA for the Nippon Ham Fighters. "We scout Japanese baseball the same way we scout the American League and the National League," Cashman said. "We had a wave of scouts there all season." Cashman refused to say whether the Yankees would be interested in bidding on Darvish, which likely would cost upward of $100 million with the posting fee. Read more: http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/sto...ees-scouted-phenom-japanese-hurler-yu-darvish
