)...had six games with at least 10 strikeouts, the most by a Cub since Mark Prior had six such games in 2005...Struck out a single-game franchise-record eight-straight batters, September 17 vs. Cincinnati, beginning with a strikeout of Sonny Gray in the second...In his final three starts of the season, struck out a combined 39 batters, including a season-high 14 strikeouts, September 12 at San Diego...Became the first Cub since at least 1908 to record 12-or-more strikeouts in three-straight starts...Limited opponents to a .213 average and a .284 OBP...allowed five or fewer hits in 22 of his 31 starts...however, allowed a career-high 33 homers...Was 2-4 with a 5.01 ERA (54 ER/97.0 IP) in 18 starts prior to the All-Star Break...Did not allow a walk in a career-high five-straight starts, July 30-August 21, the first Cubs starting pitcher to do so since Bill Faul, July 25-August 14, 1965 (five-straight starts)...became the only MLB player since 1893 with at least eight strikeouts and no walks in five-straight games...thanks to Elias..Walked two-or-fewer batters in a career-high 18-straight starts from June 10 through season's end...led the majors with a 12.58 SO/BB ratio during that span (151 SO/12 BB)...prior to June 10, had a 1.77 SO/BB ratio (78 SO/44 BB), which was the sixth-worst mark in the majors during that span...Finished August 2-1 with a 3.45 ERA (12 ER/31.1 IP) in five starts, striking out 42 and walking just one...became just the fourth pitcher in the last 126 seasons since 1893 to strike out 40 or more and walk no more than one batter in a month...Joins Cliff Lee (54 SO, 1 BB in September 2013), Jeff Samardzija (49 SO, 1 BB in May 2017) and Corey Kluber (41 SO, 1 BB in May 2018)...Recorded consecutive outings of 6.0-scoreless innings, July 12-17...marked the third time in his career he accomplished the feat (April 6-11, 2014 and April 19-24, 2013)...earned his first-career win at Wrigley Field, July 17 vs. the Reds...Took a no-decision in a career-high and club-record 10-straight starts, May 4-June 21...marked the longest streak by a starting pitcher (excluding openers) since Philadelphia's Randy Lerch took 10-straight no-decisions, May 21-July 7, 1977.Yu made eight starts for Chicago before his season ended due to injury, as he landed on the 10-day D.L., May 26 (retroactive to May 23), with right triceps tendinitis ... went 1-3 with a 4.95 ERA (22 ER/40.0 IP) in his first season with the Cubs, walking 21 and striking out 49 ... Made his Cubs debut, March 31 at the Marlins, allowing five runs in 4.1 innings ... walked two and struck out four ... Pitched 5.0 scoreless innings after allowing one unearned run in the first inning of the Cubs' 3-2 win over the Brewers, April 27 ... also hit his second-career double in the fifth inning, his first hit with the Cubs ... Was on the 10-day D.L. We present them here for purely educational purposes. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Yu Darvish’s Rediscovery Has Turned Into a 2020 Resurgence After a couple of down years, the Cubs pitcher has flipped a switch and become the best pitcher in … and 3rd in MLB (CIN's Johnny Cueto-.161, BAL's Bud Norris-.173) among pitchers with 145+ BF.Was the Rangers Pitcher of the Year…led the majors with 277 strikeouts, the highest total in the American League since 2000, and 11.89 strikeouts per 9.0 innings…allowed the A.L. A four-time All-Star, Yu signed a six-year contract with the Cubs in February of 2018...is 63-53 with a 3.57 ERA (417 ER/1,051.0 IP) and 1,299 strikeouts in 170-career major league starts with the Rangers (2012-17), Dodgers (2017) and Cubs (2018-19)...Is the eighth Japanese-born player in Cubs history, and the fifth pitcher...Ranked among A.L. Colin Rea #20. Yu Darvish. Casey Sadler #65. Yu Darvish Stats, Fantasy & News.

Posted a 1-3 record and 3.07 ERA (20 ER/58.2 IP) over his next 9 starts from May 21-July 6 with lone victory in that span coming on June 30 vs. CIN…was on DL for next 15 days (see next page) but returned to go 4-1, 1.31 (5 ER/34.1 IP) over 5 outings from July 22-Aug. 12…went 0-4, 3.38 (15 ER/40.0 IP) over his next 6 starts, his longest ML losing streak, before winning on Sept. 19 at TB…was 1-0, 3.38 (6 ER/16.0 IP) over last 3 starts, pitching less than 6.0 innings in all 3 games…overall, was 5-5, 2.59 in 14 starts after the All-Star break... Pitched at least 6.0 no-hit innings 3 times, matching the Mets' Matt Harvey for the most in the majors…retired the first 26 batters in season debut on April 2 at HOU before Marwin Gonzalez's single…fanned 14 in his 8.2 innings before Michael Kirkman recorded final out…was the first Ranger to ever lose a no-hitter as late as 8.2 innings, first in the majors to do so since Detroit's Armando Galarraga on June 2, 2010 vs. CLE…San Francisco's Yusmeiro Petit (Sept. 6 vs. ARI) and St. Louis' Michael Wacha (Sept. 24 vs. WSH) also lost no hitters with 2 outs in the 9th in 2013...Tossed 5.2 perfect innings and 7.1 no-hit innings with 15 strikeouts on Aug. 12 at HOU, settling for a combined one-hitter w/ Joe Nathan (1.0 IP)…only hit was solo HR to Carlos Corporan w/ one out in 8th…is only ML pitcher since 1900 to win 2 games in a career (April 2 at HOU & Aug. 12 at HOU) w/ 14+ K's, one-or-zero hits, and one-or-zero BB…is also first pitcher in expansion era (since 1961) with multiple no-hit bids of 7+ IP against same team in a season…the only other pitcher since 1900 to have a 15-strikeout game with a home run as only hit allowed was Boston's Pedro Martinez on 9/10/99 at NYY…the last Texas pitcher to have 2 no-hitters broken up in 8th-or-later in same season was Ryan in 1989 with 5 (Elias Sports Bureau).