As was the case with his debut, there was a wealth of both good and bad things to be gleaned from Yu Darvish's second major league start.
He only allowed one earned run — after yielding five in his debut — on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins, though not without a big assist from reliever Robbie Ross, who inherited and cleaned up Darvish's bases-loaded mess in the sixth inning.
Darvish again threw himself into trouble at times, but he showed great poise in extricating himself from troublesome situations relatively unscathed.
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