Oh how we have missed Yu. After nearly 22 months since his last major league start, the Texas Rangers ace was back on the mound last Saturday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery in March of 2015. It was well worth the wait, as Darvish delivered a fantastic opening performance. He was able to pick up a win in his 2016 debut against the Pirates at home with 81 pitches through five innings of work. Yu showed off the full repertoire of his five pitches in the outing also - which makes for a fun break down! So let’s stop babbling on and get to the goods already. Here’s the GIF breakdown of Yu Darvish’s 2016 debut in 12 GIFs.
As always, let’s begin with Yu’s strikezone plot from the outing:
