FACTS/FLUKES: Darvish, Crawford, Strop, Perez, Gonzalez

Wild ways hurting Darvish... From the moment he arrived in Texas, Yu Darvish (RHP, TEX) brought instant star power and considerable talent to the Ranger starting rotation. Darvish dispatched the competition with relative ease during his first month in the big leagues, but hitters have caught up to him since and the Japanese hurler has been scuffling since the All-Star break:

Year      IP   ERA  xERA   H%   S%   G/L/F    Ctl   Dom  Cmd  hr/f  BPV    
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2012     141  4.51  3.61  32%  69%  46/22/32  4.9  10.5  2.2   11%   81
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2012-1H   96  3.57  3.61  31%  76%  48/22/30  4.7  10.0  2.1   11%   78...

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