Yu Darvish Strikeouts

CAN YU DOIT? Yu Darvish could become just the second foreign-born player in the modern era to top 300Ks. Pedro Martinez is the only one to date (1999) GAME COMPARISON KAS Strikeouts for the first 7 starts of the season RED IYu Darvish Pedro Martinez #3 #4 #5 #6 #1 15 4/2 4/7 4/12 4/19 4/24 4/30 5/5 %3D YU DARVISH PEDRO MARTINEZ Born: 8/16/1986 Born: October 25, 1971 Osaka, Japan Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic Bats/Throws: R/R Bats/Throws: R/R HT: 6'5" WT: 225 HT: 5'11" WT: 195 4/5 4/10 4/15 4/20 4/25 5/1 5/7 15 Debut: 4/9/2012 Debut: 9/24/1992 REACHING 300KS Projected strikeout totals for Yu Darvish if he continues his torrid pace all season 383 350 400 SO 300 313 IP 275 31st Start 30th Start 30 175 221.8 NOLAN RYAN 163.1 110.9 (now CEO of Texas Rangers) Holds modern-day record for strikeouts in a season (383 in 1973 with Angels) 4/2 5/5 5/11 5/16 5/21 5/27 6/1 в/т 6/18 6/22 6/a8 7/4 7/9 7/14 7/19 7/24 7/29 8/4 8/10 8/16 8/as 8/27 9/a 9/14 9/19 9/24 9/29 STRIKEOUT LOCATIONS Yu is striking out batters at a slightly faster rate then Pedro of Yu's 3rd strikes (this season so far) 14.2 K/9 13.2 K/9 40% K/PA Yu Darvish Pedro Martinez 38% K/PA =R - STRIKEOUT IN JAPANESE @FARIDYU Follow the action all season long @MLB /MLB MLB MLB.COM Sources: http://mlb.mlb.com/home https://www.facebook.com/Rangers/photos_stream @MLBSocial created by STATOGRAPHICS Total Total 76 .....STRIKE ZONE.....