So clearly, the Cubs final game in Philadelphia didn’t end the way any Cubs fan wanted it to, but there is one shining ray of light in this game that I don’t want lost in the gloom and doom: Yu Darvish has basically eliminated walks from his game and he looks like the pitcher the Cubs were expecting when they offered him a six-year, $126 million contract.
Last night Darvish threw 92 pitches across seven innings. This was his line:
4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
It was the walks, or lack there of that really stood out to me.