At the beginning of the offseason, the Chicago Cubs were interested in Yu Darvish. But the fact was that they weren’t going to spend a $160 million or more on a starting pitcher. Which is why our William Chase didn’t see it happening, either. He was wrong, sort of. The Cubs got Darvish for $126 million, well under the AAV he initially was expected to get. Did two bad World Series starts turn people off that much? If it did? Good for the Cubs.
Even with the two poor starts, the Cubs knew he was a better pitcher than that.