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Yu Darvish’s camp was not at all pleased to hear what Alex Rodriguez had to say about the Chicago Cubs right-hander. During the ESPN “Sunday Night Baseball” telecast of the Cubs’ 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, …
Yu Darvish has not thrown since he had a setback in a rehab start over a week ago, and it sounds highly unlikely that we will see him on the mound again for the Chicago Cubs before the trade deadline. In an appearance on 670 The Score’s …
Yu Darvish made a rehab start in the minor leagues on Monday that looked pretty good on paper, but it seems as though his body did not respond as well as he had hoped it would. After he allowed just one run over five innings for Low-A South Bend, …
Yu Darvish was a massive disappointment for the Los Angeles Dodgers down the stretch in 2017, and he didn’t win many fans thanks to his World Series performance. That factor had a lot to do with why he opted to leave town after he became a free …
Yu Darvish’s return to the Chicago Cubs’ rotation may not come as soon as the team was planning. Darvish made a rehab start on Monday, allowing just one run over five innings for Low-A South Bend. But Darvish said afterwards that his …
Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish is inching closer to a return to action after a month of being sidelined. Darvish, who has been battling triceps tendinitis, will make his first rehab start on Monday, according to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago …
The Chicago Cubs haven’t gotten what they hoped to get from Yu Darvish to this point, and it sounds like it could be a while before he plays again. Manager Joe Maddon said Sunday that there was a chance Darvish won’t pitch again for the …
Yu Darvish was placed on the disabled list over the weekend with what the Chicago Cubs referred to as triceps tendonitis, and the team received some excellent news this week regarding the right-hander’s injury. On Wednesday, the Cubs announced …
Yu Darvish continues to have a rough season for the Chicago Cubs. The pitcher is headed to the 10-day disabled list with right tricep tendinitis just a day before his scheduled start against the San Francisco Giants. #Cubs place Darvish on 10-day DL …
Justin Verlander had a funny reaction to Yu Darvish’s slip on the base paths during Friday’s game. Darvish hit a double in the bottom of the fifth inning of his Chicago Cubs’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers. He probably could …
Yu Darvish has been highly disappointing to start the 2018 season, and the Chicago Cubs are not hiding from that fact. Speaking with Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times on Sunday, Cubs pitching coach Jim Hickey discussed Darvish’s …
Yu Darvish is now with a new team and has a chance to make people start forgetting about what happened in the World Series. After excellent outings against the Diamondbacks and Cubs in his first two postseason appearances for the Dodgers, Darvish was …
The Chicago Cubs apparently really wanted Yu Darvish, and the pitcher’s camp was quite impressed by their presentation. Darvish’s agent, Joel Wolfe, compared the Cubs’ efforts to recruit Darvish to those of the University of …
Bringing back Yu Darvish would have allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to keep together one of the most terrifying rotations in baseball for 2018 and beyond, but Darvish has instead signed with another National League contender. That makes Clayton …
The deal Yu Darvish agreed to with the Chicago Cubs on Saturday looks like a great value for the team, and that could have something to do with the usual suspects not getting in on the bidding. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the New York …
Perhaps one more reason that convinced the Chicago Cubs to sign Yu Darvish to a long-term deal is that they believe he will be a good teammate. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that the Cubs believe Darvish is more mature and a better …
