Coming into this season Yu Darvish owners had a lot to be excited about with his off season signing with the Chicago Cubs. With the Cubs potent offense averaging 5.07 runs per game in 2017 and Darvish's career 3.41 ERA coming into this year, he was set to get all the run support he'd need to prosper. Unfortunately even with a career K/9 of 11.04, Darvish's 2018 season has been a disappointment. Even though he's still striking out at least 11 batters per nine, he's only averaging 9.38 points per start over his eight starts. For comparison, Miles Mikolas is averaging 19.09 points per start. Darvish is currently on the disabled list with inflammation in his right triceps which I'm sure owners are hoping will explain his less than stellar start to 2018. In the meantime, let's take a look at some other players that are not living up to our preseason expectations.
I'm going to go out on a short limb (think Jim Abbott) and say that if you were able to exit this year's draft with the following starting lineup that you'd be awfully excited for the coming season.
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