Joe Maddon Has Perfect Reaction To Yu Darvish Owning David Kaplan

Yu Darvish had a rough start on Wednesday, allowing four home runs to the Giants in 5.1 innings. David Kaplan took issue with Darvish giving up three home runs on two-strike counts and tweeted out how Darvish was too predictable.

Darvish responded, Kaplan responded, Darvish responded again and it was a landslide win for the Cubs pitcher.

Not including tonight’s game.
Against lefty after two strilke.
Off speed pitch .137AVG .205OBP .222SLG .427OPS
4 seam .350AVG .435OBP .650SLG .1085OPS

Which one is better choice🤔 https://t.co/gJQRZiMbJD
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

"Including" tonight's game
Splitter aginst righty's .030AVG .030OBP .121SLG .152OPS 20Ks.
So Pillar is first righty to hit my Splitter this season. https://t.co/CkCI4qCsVe
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

Before Thursday’s series finale, Joe Maddon reacted to the back and forth and it was perfect.

Maddon on his defense of ⁦@faridyu⁩ in Twitter spat pic.twitter.com/u6euU3Cw2z
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) August 22, 2019

Sahadev Sharma’s giggle really is the star of that exchange.

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Yu Darvish Drags David Kaplan On Twitter

By the way, Kap kept going on Thursday and Darvish continued giving him Ls.

We are talking about after two strike rihgt?
Also that pitch for Pillar was splitter.

After two stilke aginst righty.
Fastballs .067AVG .176OBP .067SLG .243OPS.
Splitter .032AVG .032OBP .129SLG .161OPS. https://t.co/pW5d38a680
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

Also your number is wrong I guess.
Fastballs .250AVG .381OBP .489SLG .870OPS.
Off speed .137AVG .201OBP .261SLG .462OPS.
You can't win agains Cubs database. https://t.co/pW5d38a680
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

And Yu’s sense of humor can’t be matched.

I'm waiting on the ring David🥊🔥😆 https://t.co/teMcANS14o
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

.787AVG
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 22, 2019

Also, fuck off Phil Rogers.

The Darvish is mentally weak thing NEEDS to stop.

He shut down the DBacks and Cubs in the 2017 playoffs. And then he ran into a hot-hitting Dodgers team.

Dealt with injuries in '18. Worked his way back in '19. Asked for the ball to start 2nd half, shoved. Has been lethal. pic.twitter.com/R8he1RLfRK
— Brendan Miller (@CubsRelated) August 22, 2019