Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish did not have his best outing on Wednesday night against the San Francisco Giants. Darvish gave up six earned runs in 5 1/3 innings of work. Four of the seven hits that he conceded came via the way of a home run.

Three of those Giants homers came against off-speed pitches with two strikes, something that NBC Sports Chicago reporter David Kaplan was quick to point out. He called Darvish “predictable” because of his overwhelming tendency to go to his off-speed stuff with two strikes.

However, Darvish was not impressed by Kaplan's assessment, and came up with an epic clap back:

Not just once, but twice:

Wednesday night was not a very good indicator of how well Darvish has pitched since the beginning of July. In that span, he has posted an 11.83 K/9 against a 0.33 BB/9, and he ranks third in baseball with a 2.80 xFIP.

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Darvish dominated the Philadelphia Phillies on Aug. 15, striking out ten and giving up just four hits in seven scoreless innings. He also had consecutive July starts where he struck out at least seven batters in six scoreless innings, and his dazzling stuff has been on full display.

It also seems a bit unfair to criticize Darvish in a game where a total of 23 runs were scored, with seven homers combined. After all, the ball tends to fly at Wrigley Field late in the summer, and Darvish actually pitched well aside from those four blemishes.

Chicago's rotation has subtly been rounding into form, and Darvish is looking more and more like the guy that the Cubs signed to a massive deal last winter.