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The San Diego Padres appear to be closing in on acquiring their second Cy Young-caliber pitcher in as many days. According to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres and Chicago Cubs are “all but done” with the framework of …
Yu Darvish sent a message to Chicago Cubs fans after the season came to an end on Friday. The Cubs were shutout 2-0 by the Miami Marlins in the second game of their NL Wild Card Series game to end the series. Darvish, who was among the best pitchers …
Yu Darvish is having the best year of his career so far, and the Chicago Cubs pitcher has a clear reason behind it. Darvish has always been known for having a wide array of pitches. In 2020, that arsenal appears bigger than ever. He attributed his …
Yu Darvish was considering sitting out the 2020 season, but his Chicago Cubs teammates appear to have convinced him not to. Darvish said Sunday he wanted to see how seriously his teammates were taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, …
Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish is known for his wide variety of pitches, and it looks like he’s trying to add his latest work to his in-game arsenal. According to Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy, Darvish is practicing his new pitch during …
Yu Darvish is adding some heat to his repertoire amid the current hiatus. The Chicago Cubs veteran took to Twitter on Friday to show off a new pitch in his arsenal. The pitch appeared to begin at roughly belt-high before abruptly dropping downward …
Yu Darvish appears to have found the fountain youth with regard to his velocity, and even he seems a little surprised by it. The Chicago Cubs right-hander touched 98 miles per hour on several pitches during his first start of the spring on Saturday …
Yu Darvish continues to have a pretty savage response to the fallout from the Houston Astros cheating scandal. Reporters spotted a T-shirt in front of the Chicago Cubs pitcher’s locker on Friday with a hilarious series of anti-Astros messages …
Yu Darvish has a lot of questions about the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, but he’s managed to take it in stride despite being one of its biggest victims. That continued Sunday. Darvish voiced his opinion that the Astros should be …
Few players lost more in the 2017 World Series than Yu Darvish. His reputation was significantly hindered by his poor performances in two starts that series, including a horrible outing in the decisive Game 7. Now, given the information that has come …
The 2017 World Series has long haunted Yu Darvish, and the findings revealed this week have him asking questions. Namely, Darvish wonders whether the Houston Astros were stealing signs against him. Darvish was knocked out of both his World Series …
Yu Darvish continues to demonstrate he has an elite sense of humor. The Chicago Cubs pitcher was on the mound for Games 3 and 7 of the 2017 World Series for the Dodgers and was hit hard by the Houston Astros both times, losing both games. That came …
Yu Darvish was on the receiving end of a pretty vicious tweet from Christian Yelich on Friday, but the Chicago Cubs pitcher is taking it in stride. Darvish said that his picture was accidentally used as part of a Japanese news report about a …
The sudden Twitter beef between Christian Yelich and Yu Darvish is, at the very least, entertaining to the rest of baseball. Yelich reacted strongly to suggestions that he may have been stealing signs against Yu Darvish in a 2019 game between the …
After widespread stories about the Houston Astros’ electronic sign stealing operation dominated the news this week, it seems plenty of people are looking for evidence that other teams may have been up to shady business as well. One of the teams …
The Houston Astros had great success against Yu Darvish in the 2017 World Series, and they attributed that to the right-hander tipping his pitches. While that may have been what happened, it seems like Darvish is even less convinced now than he was …
