From halfway through 2019 through the 2020 season, you could have made the argument that Darvish was a top-three pitcher in the league. His numbers were right up there with the best of them. That led to an expensive price tag in 2021, which Darvish did not come through on, posting the second-worst ERA of his career (4.22). The underlying numbers were much more encouraging than that, as he posted another strong strikeout rate (29.2%) while keeping the walks well below the league average (6.5%) ...