MIAMI -- Unfair as it is to question a pitcher after just one start, critics of Chicago Cubs righty Yu Darvish will point to his World Series performance -- combined with his season debut for his new team on Saturday -- and declare he wasn't worth the $126 million the team will pay him over the next six years.
Darvish wasn't able to complete five innings against the lowly Miami Marlins on a night where the Cubs desperately needed innings out of him after losing a 17-inning affair the night before. Instead, according to ESPN Stats and Information, he threw at least 100 pitches without finishing five innings for just the second time in his career.