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Joe Maddon cleared air with Alex Rodriguez over Darvish comment

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has apparently settled things with Alex Rodriguez over what he felt was unfair criticism of one of his players. During an ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecast in July, Rodriguez hinted as clubhouse dissent toward Yu …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish moving closer to Cubs return

Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish may be getting closer to returning to the mound. Darvish will face live hitters on Wednesday, which could serve as a prelude to a rehab assignment. Darvish played catch. Tentatively scheduled for live BP Wednesday. …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish sarcastically responds to criticism from Alex Rodriguez

Yu Darvish was the target of some seemingly unwarranted criticism from Alex Rodriguez a week ago, but the star pitcher does not seem like he let the comments bother him. During ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast last week, …

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Yu Darvish’s agent rips Alex Rodriguez over criticism

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, …

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Cubs pitching coach indicates Yu Darvish will be out a while longer

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 …

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Yu Darvish getting second opinion from Rangers doctor on arm injury

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 Dodgers

Yu Darvish explains family reasons behind Dodgers exit

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 says his triceps is not yet 100 percent

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 …

Yu Darvish

Cubs’ Yu Darvish set for rehab assignment

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 …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish may not return to Cubs before All-Star break

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 …

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MRI comes back clean on Yu Darvish’s throwing arm

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

Yu Darvish heads to disabled list with tricep tendinitis

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 …

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Justin Verlander has funny reaction to Yu Darvish’s baserunning slip

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 …

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Cubs admit concern about Yu Darvish’s early-season struggles

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 Dodgers

Yu Darvish not sure if World Series struggles were due to tipping pitches

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 …

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Yu Darvish’s agent compares Cubs’ recruiting efforts to Alabama

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 …

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