1. Making batters look confused, silly, off balanced and made
If there is one thing that Yu Darvish can do, it is throw batters off. He’s able to switch from a 94 MPH fastball to a 59 curve ball with ease. What is even more amazing about those pitches and the varying speeds is that most of the time they are strikes.
Here are a few clips of Darvish making some amazing pitches.
Yu Darvish freezes Jim Thome with a great pitch to earn the strikeout and get out of the sixth inning (10/5/12)
Yu Darvish notches his ninth strikeout of the ballgame, getting Chris Iannetta swinging to end the eighth inning (9/20/12)
Yu Darvish strikes out Chris Carter swinging for the first out of the eighth inning (4/2/13)
Miguel Cabreraswings and misses on a wicked 62 MPH breaking ball from Yu Darvish, causing the slugger to smile on his way back to box (5/26/2013)
Yu Darvish freezes
Adam LaRocheon a 59-mph eephus pitch, striking him out looking in the 4th inning (6/1/14)