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Current Contract
Yu Darvish signed a 6 year / $126,000,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, including $126,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $21,000,000. In 2023, Darvish will earn a base salary of $19,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $19,000,000.
2018-2023 Free Agent
Contract: 6 yr(s) / $126,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $21,000,000 Free Agent: 2024 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2018 31 6.000 $25,000,000 $21,000,000 $25,000,000 $25,000,000 $25,000,000($25,000,000) 2019 32 7.000 $20,000,000 $21,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000($45,000,000) 2020 33 8.000 $22,000,000 $21,000,000 $22,000,000 $8,148,148 $8,148,148($53,148,148) 2021 34 9.000 $23,000,000 $18,500,000 $23,000,000 $19,000,000 $23,000,000($76,148,148) 2022 35 10.000 $20,000,000 $21,500,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000($96,148,148) 2023 36 11.000 $19,000,000 $21,500,000 $19,000,000 $19,000,000 $19,000,000($115,148,148) 2024 37 UFA Contract Notes:- Player Opt-out available after 2019
- CY Young Incentives:
1st: $2M
2nd-5th: $1M
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2021-2021Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,000,000 Free Agent: 2017-2017Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $7,213,133 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $7,213,133 Free Agent: 2012-2017
Contract: 6 yr(s) / $60,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $10,000,000 Free Agent: 2018 / UFA -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2012 $5,500,000 - $850,000 $6,350,000 2013 $9,500,000 - $1,050,000 $10,550,000 2014 $10,000,000 - $457,843 $10,457,843 2015 $10,000,000 - - $10,000,000 2016 $10,000,000 - $800,000 $10,800,000 2017 $3,786,867 - - $3,786,867 2017 $7,213,133 - $50,000 $7,263,133 2018 $25,000,000 - - $25,000,000 2019 $20,000,000 - - $20,000,000 2020 ALL MLB (1ST) $8,148,148 - - $8,148,148 2021 $23,000,000 - - $23,000,000 2021 $3,000,000 - - $3,000,000 2022 $20,000,000 - - $20,000,000 Est. Earnings
(11 seasons)$155,148,148 - $3,207,843 $158,355,991 2023 $19,000,000 - - $19,000,000 $174,148,148 - $3,207,843 $177,355,991 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 5 seasons $52,213,133 - - $55,420,976 1 seasons $3,786,867 - - $3,786,867 3 seasons $56,148,148 - - $56,148,148 2 seasons $43,000,000 - - $43,000,000 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Dec 28 2020Traded to San Diego (SD) from Chicago (CHC) with Victor Caratini for Zach Davies, Reginald Preciado, Yeison Santana, Owen Caissie and Ismael MenaOct 31 2019Exercised a 4 year $81 million player option for 2020 with Chicago (CHC)Feb 10 2018Signed a 6 year $126 million contract with Chicago (CHC)Jul 31 2017Traded to Los Angeles (LAD) from Texas (TEX) for Willie Calhoun, A.J. Alexy and Brendon DavisJan 18 2012Signed a contract with Texas (TEX) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Yu Darvish, and the financial implications.
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2023 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Yu Darvish ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2022 SD 30 30 194.2 148 67 67 37 197 22 16 8 0 3.10 0.95 4.41 2021 SD 30 30 166.1 138 81 78 44 199 28 8 11 0 4.22 1.094 1.43 2020 CHC 12 12 76.0 59 18 17 14 93 5 8 3 0 2.01 0.961 2.78 2019 CHC 31 31 178.2 140 82 79 56 229 33 6 8 0 3.98 1.097 2.98 2018 CHC 8 8 40.0 36 24 22 21 49 7 1 3 0 4.95 1.425 -0.09 2017 LAD 31 31 186.2 159 83 80 58 209 27 10 12 0 3.86 1.162 0.63 2016 TEX 17 17 100.1 81 43 38 31 132 12 7 5 0 3.41 1.116 2.46 2014 TEX 22 22 144.1 133 54 49 49 182 13 10 7 0 3.06 1.261 3.52 2013 TEX 32 32 209.2 145 68 66 80 277 26 13 9 0 2.83 1.073 5.58 2012 TEX 29 29 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 16 9 0 3.90 1.28 3.47 Totals 242 242 1488.0 1,195 609 579 479 1,788 187 95 75 0 3.50 1.125 27.17