Kyodo) _ Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yu Darvish became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to reach 200 million yen in annual salary when the 21-year-old received a hefty pay raise of 128 million yen from the club on Saturday.
Darvish will make 200 million yen plus performance incentives in 2008, his fourth season as a professional. He was named the Pacific League MVP and won the Sawamura Award after going 15-5 with a 1.820 ERA, the second best in the PL, and a league-leading 210 strikeouts.
Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka, who were drafted out of high school and are now in the major leagues, all took six years to reach 200 million yen.
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi, right-hander Koji Uehara and Softbank Hawks left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada reached the amount in their respective fifth seasons after playing college baseball.
"I'm not really satisfied with the results I had this past season. I want to double up my efforts for what I've got from the club," Darvish said.
Darvish, who has a 32-15 career record with a 2.53 ERA in three seasons, also helped Japan win the Asian Championship in early December for a ticket to next year's Beijing Olympics.
Darvish will make 200 million yen plus performance incentives in 2008, his fourth season as a professional. He was named the Pacific League MVP and won the Sawamura Award after going 15-5 with a 1.820 ERA, the second best in the PL, and a league-leading 210 strikeouts.
Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka, who were drafted out of high school and are now in the major leagues, all took six years to reach 200 million yen.
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi, right-hander Koji Uehara and Softbank Hawks left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada reached the amount in their respective fifth seasons after playing college baseball.
"I'm not really satisfied with the results I had this past season. I want to double up my efforts for what I've got from the club," Darvish said.
Darvish, who has a 32-15 career record with a 2.53 ERA in three seasons, also helped Japan win the Asian Championship in early December for a ticket to next year's Beijing Olympics.
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