6 years agoIt was around this time last year the Cubs signed Yu Darvish to a lucrative six-year, $126 million deal. The Cubs felt strongly in the 32-year-old's services, but after seeing just eight starts from the righty before he was shut down with a stress reaction in his right elbow, Darvish’s future remains unclear. Originally brought in to replace Jake Arrieta, the 40 innings of work we saw from Darvish was enough to make anyone nervous. He walked 21 hitters and gave up seven HRs, good for a 4.95 ERA. The good news is all reports suggest his elbow is in great shape, and it’s also worth mentioning his fastball still averaged around 95 MPH even when he was hurt last year. Glass half full, Darvish reverts back to his 2017 form, a year where he posted the 12th-highest strikeout rate among qualified pitchers. Glass half empty, the nightly guessing game continues - keep in mind Darvish allowed 10 earned runs across four postseason starts for the Dodgers in the same year. We also have to factor in age as well as the Cubs’ thinning rotation, but an ADP of 158, which places him somewhere close to the Round 13 mark, seems more than reasonable considering a potential bounce-back. Just be prepared to take the bad with the good - the bad being a slight loss of command and some inflated walk rates; the good being a career .198/.275/.337 line against righties.--Ryan Cook