Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish finished second in the 2020 National League Cy Young award voting, as Trevor Bauer won it for the first time in his career. Darvish had an NL-best 3.0 fWAR among starting pitchers, had the best home run rate per nine innings and fewest walks per nine as well. However, as impressive as he was it wasn't enough to sway voters who overwhelmingly picked Bauer for the award.

NL Cy Young Award Results

Darvish did receive three first-place votes. https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1326676089477980160 However, there was a surprise in the results, as one voter didn't even have Darvish in the top-5. The villain is J.P. Hoornstra, who had Darvish sixth in his Cy Young consideration. You can read his explanation if you want, but it basically boiled down to looking at only one stat and asking a handful of players who was the hardest pitcher they faced this season. https://twitter.com/jphoornstra/status/1326918674209497088

Darvish Donating part of bonus

Anyway, Darvish had an amazing year and although he didn't win the Cy Young, by finishing second he now gets an extra $1 million added to his contract for the next three seasons. Apparently Darvish forgot about that bonus clause in his deal, as he tweeted out on Thursday that he was reminded about the escalator by his agent. Darvish also said he will donate a portion of the bonus money to charity. https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/1326920166916173828 https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1326931979166765063  

Darvish's Contract

The Cubs signed Darvish to a six-year, $126 million contract heading into the 2018 season. He has three years remaining on the deal and with his second-place finish in the Cy Young race, Darvish is now due a total of $62 million through the 2023 season. Still, at just over $20 million per year for the next three seasons, this looks like a pretty good deal for the Cubs, who were bashed relentlessly over the signing for a year and a half.