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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Texas Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan said Thursday that he is \"optimistic\" the team will sign pitcher Yu Darvish before Wednesday's deadline, according to ESPNDallas.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"My expectation is that we'll get something done,\" Ryan said, according to the report. \"It's a process, so during the period that we negotiate with someone, we really don't talk about it. I'm optimistic we'll get something done.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Rangers and representatives for Darvish are in negotiations, but if the two sides are unable to strike a deal by Wednesday Darvish will return to Japan. Texas has exclusive rights to communicate with Darvish after they posted the winning bid of $52.7 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ryan has been impressed with Darvish, and compared him favorably to current Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis.\n\"He was bigger than I thought,\" Ryan told ESPN. \"He was built like a pitcher. He looks good. He understands a lot of English and I just liked his attitude about wanting to compete. To me, he represented what I've been led to believe.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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