Yu Darvish: A 2020 Comeback Story 

NL Cy Young?

As Trevor Bauer will say ,"Is that Du Yarvish pitching."

The thumb nail is like that one kid on your little league team I throw a Four seam, two seam, sinker cutter, changeup, circle change, vulcan change, slider, slurve, sweeping curve, curve, 12-6 curveball, splitter, fork ball, knuckle ball, knuckle curve, screw ball, ephus.

You forgot to mention that his good looks intimidate the batters.

Friendly reminder that Randy Johnson threw a perfect game at 40.

Darvish has been the Cubs MVP this season without question. They are quietly closing in on a division title, despite serious bullpen problems and many of their star hitters hovering around .225

Yu darvish has been one of my favorite pitchers since his days in Texas, will always support bro wherever he play

Imagine having all of those pitches in MLB The show for YUs card

This guy deserves it. I can't stomach how he got all the blames losing the 7th world series game just because of those bastards Houston Cheaters

As a Cubs fan this makes me happy. Darvish isn't getting nowhere near enough attention. Neither is Wheeler for that matter.

My wife and I were at the Rangers game when he got One Hit on him. The stadium gave him a standing ovation. We knew he was going to have an amazing career. Fast forward to 2017 when he "melted down" with the dodgers and saw all the hate the rude dodgers fan gave him. Then the trash can was heard around the world. I am glad he is with the Cubs. They appreciate him. The fans like him in Chitown.

I love when he throws that strikeout at 4:19 and he just walks away like "that's right, don't even need to celebrate because that shit speaks for its self"

As a Cubs fan, I was cautiously optimistic when we signed Darvish. He has some amazing stuff, but when he came here he was just off. Hoped he'd find his groove again, and my goodness has he.

While I'm a lifelong Yankees fan (save your comments, my dad was a fan and that's what you do), I'm a big Yu Darvish fan (and Max Scherzer too), he's incredibly fun to watch with his pitch selection, especially when he throws that slooowww curve

According to Baseball Reference Darvish has the highest career strikeouts/9 innings rate of any pitcher in the history of baseball. That's WITH his slump, if you could call it that.

Finally, Darvish getting the credit he deserves. This was before the trade too. Major props. Thanks for the vid. I grew up a Rangers fan & watched his run. Even when he struggled you could just tell live that he was a joy to watch. I've always said, in my opinion, the neatest pitcher to watch, ever. And I really neat & graceful guy, too. Thanks for the video!

Yu’s social media presence is also legendary

Will always remember chanting "Yu" at the old Rangers ballpark. Such an awesome pitcher to watch in person.

Thank you for this (literally no pun intended). Darvish has been wonderful to watch this year. He looks rejuvenated since last year's All-Star break. He has always been a complicated, intellectual, introspective pitcher, and with such a huge arsenal, the temptation is to overthink pitch selection. What is unfair is that the failure against the Astros in the 2017 Series -- for which he was unfairly blamed -- got in his head. It hung like a cloud over him -- a failure for which the conscientious, introspective Darvish blamed himself -- until the secret of the Astros' cheating was revealed. It's good to see fairness and character prevail.

For the 4th time in 6 years, the Cubs have at least one SP in the Top 3 for Cy Young. Each year a different pitcher has been a frontrunner (Arrieta in '15, Hendricks in '16, Lester in '18, Darvish in '20).

He's always had insane movement on his stuff, he's just struggled with command at times, leaving sliders out over the plate, etc. But now that he's locating his disgustingly absurd repertoire where he needs to, and is making better pitch choice decisions thanks to his trust in Caratini, he's a true monster. I don't think he's had a catcher in MLB that has used his true potential up until the Cubs basically gave him his own.

Always love to see a video on the cubs!

One of my all-time favorites to watch. I love this video

Thank u for the giants shoutout in the beginning! I was surprised too

Great video on a great player. Always loved watching him when he threw strikes. His stuff is almost unmatched. Makes me glad to see him hit his stride again.

Love all the videos!!!

My favorite pitcher- saw him pitch spring training in 2018 and he was amazing... so glad to see him come out of his recent struggles!

I feel bad for the catcher. He needs more fingers.

Really glad to see darvish doing so well!!

Great video. Very interesting and presented well

The lack of bang bangs has definitely helped I think

Great analysis

i didn't know darvish has this many pitches . good video bro

Well.. great video man.

I think LA still had him shaken up in 2018/19. I’m sure he’s gotten over it a bit more hence his performance

most underrated baseball channel out there.

This channel is underrated af

Great video go cubs

This channel is like a mix between the company man channel and jomboy

Great vid

So happy he’s on my favorite team now.

As a Padres fan, I am so excited that Yu Darvish is on the team! There is now so much talent *and* *experience* among the San Diego pitchers, and the young pitchers can learn a lot from the vets that Preller wisely acquired. I'm especially interested in what Chris Paddack will learn from studying Darvish--a new breaking ball? Tips on consistently locating different types of fastballs?

Now mlb the show needs to add all yu's pitches to the game.

I hope he has more success, great dude.

Idk y but the “supreme” has me dead 💀

from his talent as a pitcher, to his great attitude off the field, Yu is a guy who deserves a ton of respect.

Pretty good video! Love the research! Also go cubs lol

Darvish is about to win me my fantasy league. Thanks.

1:15 Eiji Sawamura...where will I have heard that name? OSH OSH OOOSHHH

I throw 12 pitches but every time I throw one pitch won’t work that well

He's a good guy and I hope he continues

Mastering 11 pitches in unreal, I’m 15 and throw a 4 seam, 2 seam, cutter, circle change, 12-6, slider and split change, sometimes I guess I throw 10+ on occasion when absolutley nothing is working, but to be able to throw all 11 at any given moment and to keep feel for them all is unreal

got walk the field and see the guy back when he was in AAA, his presence is so powerful

I saw him throw a 97 MPH fastball once this year, and at that point I knew something was up

He's a padre now, cant wait to see him pitch, hopefully in person

Major League Baseball's career K/9 leader! Averaging over an incredible 11 strikeouts per 9 innings!

Welcome to Slam Diego!!!

This guy is the future real life Eijun Sawamura (ace of diamond manga/anime). Maybe he was based off this man. The character has a system they called "numbers". They assigned numbers to each type of pitch he pitches, and they're upto 11. He mainly uses 4-5 main pitches but has others in his repertoire less used. Now that I'm don't writing this, I'm pretty sure it's based off him haha

I know this is random but Marco Gonzales is pitching great this year. His SO/W rate went from 2.63 to 10.60. Would love if you could make a vid about what hes changed to get such drastic changes, if any.

I saw Trevors video when it came out and then this i knew he was back to him old self

I am glad you made a video on Yu. I am a Tx. resident and Rangers fan. I loved watching him pitch for the Rangers and was devastated by his departure. But he did have a lot of absence due to injuries. I didn't watch him for a couple of years after his departure due to my spite. This year I caught one of his games and saw a huge difference in his pitching and it brought back the excitement. It was genius of him to go with fastballs the have more movement.

When I first heard of Yu Darvish being signed to the Rangers I was thinking “wow this guys must throw nothing but strikes” and then I saw how he pitched, however the one think I could never get my eyes off were his reddish blonde locks, (2012 rookie year look it up) I was in 2nd grade as well so those were the two things I was looking at. And then I had a feeling of “hey this guy looks good he could probably be our ace of the future” and then injuries became the early answer to the riddle of why he looks so good. As soon as he came back I didn’t think he was the same as before. And when he got traded to LA the next year I just couldn’t believe the reason why, until we got big nillie Willie from LA. As soon as I saw him in the WS against Houston I just knew that he’d be blown up there was just a feeling. And then I saw him in Chicago (btw choke Cubs choke) and I started seeing the version of Yu Darvish that I’d been expecting to see in Arlington. And I was surprised to see that he’s throwing 96-99 mph at 33-34 yrs old. I’m honestly sad that we got rid of him. Imagine the trio that we couldn’ve had with him and Lynn and Minor. However I do know that at the end of the day, baseball is mainly a GM sport, and they’ll do what’s best for business.

His favorite catcher to catch with is victor caratini who also helps him a lot

i havent watched the video yet, but i hit like because i want it to be true for him so bad!

@sportstorm idea for a video, how the Tampa Bay Rays always make the playoffs or have winning records with unknown players. Just a idea that sounds down your alley.

Yu for Cy Young!

We were patient with Darvish and it paid off. I feel the same way about Kimbrel. Everyone is too quick to jump the gun and Kimbrel has a hall of fame resumé. I'll gladly wait two year for him as well.

You and foolish got me getting online and comparing a guys stats to another and actually understand them.

Please take a good look at Burnes. He’s absolutely insane this year, and the comeback player of the year almost no doubt

I throw 6 pitches: ball high, ball low, ball inside, ball outside, ball that hits the batter, and meatball guaranteed to be XBH.

I was at the rangers v Red Sox game where he went 8 and 2/3 perfect, the most fun I’ve ever had at a game in my life, I love big papi but that day he spoiled the party

But Christian Yelich and his .200 says "nobody needs help facing you"

From 2013, I definitely like Scherzer's season more than Darvish's. Also, and even if the importance of the ol' "classic stats" have rightfully diminished in our eyes, Scherzer's consecutive win streak cannot be overlooked, that was one helluva show and a true sensation in the baseball world. How many was it, 19 games?

i miss Yu, Ranger fan.

AND.......season over!!!

Yuuuuuu

Great vid dog, you’re speech cadence is a little odd sometimes, maybe try to be more relaxed

They say that Satchel Paige threw a dozen or so different pitches, and I shrugged it off as old folks' tall tales. Now it suddenly doesn't seem so farfetched.

Darvish deserves a damn ring.

Dude you should make a video on the twins... they have no star players but they are still number 2 in the American League

If you’ve been watching Darvish for a long time, he altered his delivery after 2017 because of his trauma during the playoffs with the dodgers. But after the scandal broke out, he gained his confidence back.

now he’s an ace for the padres!

Lets not forget Caratini catching him definitely helps

Best Iranian pitcher ever!

What about a comeback video for Corbin Burnes??? Had a 8.82 ERA last year! Now a dark horse cy young candidate!

I believe in Yu

Dude...118k to 7bb That’s just off the charts unbelievable

Aaaahhhhhhhhh YYYYYUUUUUUUUUU

What I remember of him is wearing Speedos on a commercial airline flight. Oh good Lord

You should do a Michael you don’t hall of fame case

6:15- Dat frame job tho.....

I still remember watching yu irl at game 7 impolding

Do a video on Nolan Ryan

Easily lost millions of dollars thanks to the Astros* 🤬

And I’m pretty sure he’s doing better with the Cubs because they are not telling him exactly what to do and he has more control over what he does

That Bauer video looks a lot like DShep's video from LSB.

Darvish could throw a fastball down the middle and I couldn’t hit it with a rowing oar

now I know why he wears the number 11 on his back

The pitch is also called the shutto

Yu is in the running for cy young with bauer and degrom (pre injury)