I would hope, before Yu Darvish’s next start for the Cubs, which should come up next Tuesday at Wrigley Field against the Marlins, that he and pitching coach Jim Hickey and the rest of the staff will sit down and analyze in detail every pitch he’s thrown for the Cubs so far this year, all 585 of them.
Because whatever he’s doing isn’t working. Maybe it’s his pitching motion — should he go back to a windup? Maybe he’s tipping his pitches the way he was in the World Series last year.