On the biggest stage in baseball, namely the World Series, Yu Darvish didn’t just mess up – he was deplorable. Clayton Kershaw has had some excellent outings in the playoffs and World Series, only to have it unravel in one inning (like the 7th).
Clayton Kershaw has a 4.35 ERA in the playoffs, but if you take away a couple of bad innings, his ERA is in the 2.00’s. No excuses, just fact. Yu Darvish has a 5.81 ERA in the Post-Season including a 21.60 ERA in the World Series last year. He pitched 3.1 innings and allowed 9 hits, 9 runs and 2 HR in those debacles.