Yu Darvish hasn’t been worth $107 million so far this year, but his experience in the majors so far may come in handy Tuesday night as the Texas Rangers face the New York Yankees. It will be a showdown between two of the highest-scoring offenses in baseball.

Darvish has been touched up this year, surrendering 17 hits over 11 1/3 innings. But what he’s done well has been limiting the damage. Despite walking 13 hitters so far this year, Darvish has cut down on his runs allowed and seems to be steadily improving in the box score. He only allowed one run in his previous start against the Detroit Tigers last week. In that start, he went a season-high 6 1/3 innings in a 10-3 win. Continue reading →