The Yu Darvish thread.

[teknetic]

DiceK didn't listen to his coaches for ................. Mike Maddux seems to think Darvish is an absolute joy to work with.

Probably helps Darvish makes mechanical adjustments like he's just pushing buttons in a video game.

Also helps that his stuff doesn't suck.

[awy]

darvish is way more athletic than dice k as well. also more dashing

[snapple]

also more dashing

[Mr.Muhozi]

If you have 6 or so minutes to kill here's all of his strikeouts. 197 of them were swinging.

[kan_t]

Sigh.

[flymick24]

his two-seamers are disgusting

[jcarey]

Seems like the overwhelming majority of the swings and misses were out of the zone. Granted, that's some good stuff, but patience seems to be key in getting to him.

I wonder if teams have just been overly aggressive in his first season, sort of a "Welcome to MLB" kind of thing, without realizing that he's got some skill. It's going to take a disciplined approach to take him down.

Very impressive first year.

[RenoHightower]

Where's the video of his 90 walks?

[awy]

his stuff is good enough to pitch in the zone. when hes' been aggressive he's been getting results, as per his last handful of games.

[grizy]

Seems like the overwhelming majority of the swings and misses were out of the zone. Granted, that's some good stuff, but patience seems to be key in getting to him.

I wonder if teams have just been overly aggressive in his first season, sort of a "Welcome to MLB" kind of thing, without realizing that he's got some skill. It's going to take a disciplined approach to take him down.

Very impressive first year.

Data on fangraphs doesn't bear this out.

Out of zone swing %s on Darvish's pitch types:
FA: 19.7%
SL: 46.3%
FT: 28.4%
FC: 31.4%
CU: 20.9%
FS: 30.0%

CC Sabathia:
FA: 26.9%
SL: 43.3%
SI: 37.1%
CH: 37.6%
CU: 3.9%

Sorted by O-Swing%, Darvish is 41 out of 89 pitchers Fangraphs lists as "qualified."

Same group, Darvish's 72.7% contact% is lowest. Runner up is Cole Hamels and Edwin Jackson at 73.6%. Z-Contact, 8th at 84.1%. CC at 85.7%, Verlander at 80.9% and Dick in first place with 79.1%. AJ Burnett in third from last place at 92.5%.

Yu Darvish is not getting a lot of cheap Ks. It's pretty clear from the O-Swing stats batters are already trying to wait him out.

[snapple]

>tfw no yu

[teknetic]

Where's the video of his 90 walks?

You seem to have this "thing" against him, why is that?

[Mr Coffee]

You seem to have this "thing" against him, why is that?

I think you're thinking of Snapple with Teixeira that one time during a massage.

[grizy]

Check out his stats so far thks year.

[Abe Frohman]

Darvish is an ace. Texas put those 100 ml to good use, without question.

All you have to ask yourself is ... If Stephen Strasburg was available via free agency, how much would you pony up ?

Yu Darvish is at least comparable to Strasburg.

[grizy]

[ARodCanoMelky]

Where's the video of his 90 walks?

lmao..

[awy]

has cut his walk rate to around 3 per 9.

[grizy]

while K-ing 13.5/9

[grizy]

Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Darvish 7.0 4 3 3 2 14 2 2.56

[teknetic]

Damn everything about this.

[snapple]

14 K's? Holy damn.

[Hooligan Tavarez]

On pace for 376 strikeouts. His career K/9 is 11.13

[flymick24]

If his arm doesn't blow out, you gotta figure he's gonna win the cy young

[Hooligan Tavarez]

Sanchez, Verlander, Buchholz, and King Felix have all been as good although I wouldn't put Clay in that group going forward and definitely not Anibal.