We start with the good. Yu Darvish was very good. Seven innings, no runs, four hits, no walks and 10 strike outs. Slowly but surely, Yu’s walk rate is now lower than his career average (3.30 BB/9 in ‘19, 3.40 career) — and this after he was on pace for the worst walk rate of his career. That makes 36 strikeouts and no walks over his last four starts. Double the number of starts to eight and you have 63 strikeouts and two walks in 48u2154 innings. He’s allowed only 15 runs over that time. If you are not rooting for Yu and eating this stuff up, I’m not sure you and I can be baseball buddies.
2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 121
