GOODYEAR, AZ - MARCH 13: Yu Darvish #11 of the...

GOODYEAR, AZ - MARCH 13: Yu Darvish #11 of the Texas Rangers walks through the dugout after pitching in the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Cleveland Indians on March 13, 2012 in Goodyear, Arizona. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Credit: Getty/Kevork Djansezian

Yu Darvish, the Texas Rangers' acquistion from Japan this past offseason, begins the season as the No. 4 starter. That puts him on the mound in Arlington, Texas, on Monday, April 9 against the Seattle Mariners (barring any weather-related cancelations between now and then).

Here Darvish is in the video embedded above talking about his last spring training start on Wednesday, April 4. He threw four scoreless innings against a Double-A lineup.

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