{"percentChange":2.4,"averageDraftPosition":49.2,"positionRank":187,"percentOwned":60.4,"playerRaterSEASON":-1.5,"seasonOutlook":{"date":"Tue Feb 20","seasonId":2018,"outlook":"Though our most recent memory -- and one on the national stage during the World Series -- was of Darvish struggling mightily, don't let one postseason series (reportedly the product of his tipping pitches) persuade you that he's anything shy of a top-15 fantasy starting pitcher. Darvish hasn't been quite the elite strikeout artist post-March 2015 Tommy John surgery that he was before it, but his performance in two seasons since has been excellent nevertheless: 3.70 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and a 28.8 percent strikeout rate in 48 starts, and a top-100 Player Rater (and fantasy point) total finish in 2017. Landing in Chicago provides him a small bump in terms of strikeout rate, locking him into 200-plus whiffs if he stays as healthy as he did in 2017, and the Cubs' defense should also help him from an ERA perspective. Darvish has a chance at a top-10 season, but even if he falls just shy of that you'll probably be happy with his output."},"mostRecentNews":{"date":"Fri Dec 7","news":"President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein said Friday that Darvish (elbow) looks healthy and is expected to resume throwing in a couple weeks, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com reports.","spin":"Darvish underwent an arthroscopic debridement procedure of his right elbow in mid-September after batting arm injuries throughout the course of the 2018 campaign. It should come as no surprise that he hasn't started throwing just yet, though there will be some cause for concern if he isn't cleared by the end of December, considering his previous issues. The right-hander was limited to just eight starts this past year, logging a 4.95 ERA and 1.42 WHIP across 40 innings."},"fullName":"Yu Darvish","playerId":4529}