Darvish/1st start

[craig01]

Ouch.....34 pitches, 2 runs in .....bases loaded ......still first inning

[craig01]

3 BB's, 4 runs in, one out....first inning.

20 balls, 18 strikes so far

[craig01]

Gets the last two hitters out with nasty stuff

[HMFFL]

Getting rocked!

42 pitches and 22 so far in the 1st inning.

[craig01]

Ugly first start.....won't get to the fifth

[jeff1624]

Well... he won. But yeah, bad outing for Darvish. He'll be fine once he gets comfortable.

[Desmond61]

Spammer. HMFFL

[studcrackers]

2nd start was today, he got squeezed early and michael young was unfortunately playing 3rd today instead of adrian beltre which led to the 2 runs he gave up (one was an unearned young error)

but he lost all control by the end of his start and again is really struggling w/his fastball command and by the 3rd time they saw him today they were squaring up on his pitches or not swinging at anything out of the strike zone.

i wouldnt say im worried but i'm curious where this is going (and not exactly in a good way)

[Da Schwab]

His first two starts remind me a lot of Daisuke's and Kei Igawa's. He's got the stuff to make American hitters look silly, but his control is severely lacking right now.

[HMFFL]

Today vs. Minny: Pitches-Strikes: Yu Darvish 102-60

[craig01]

You can have the greatest stuff in the world, but without command.......ummmmm

I imagine he'll sort things out soon.

[studcrackers]

Darvish has gotten better with each passing start now, and last night is why we paid for him, the movement he gets on his pitches is absolutely filthy

[craig01]

He looked fantastic last night.