In order for the San Diego Padres to sign Yuli Gurriel, they needed permission from Yu Darvish. Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller reportedly first reached out to Darvish about ...

It’s important to do that not just as a player, but as a human being," argued Yu Darvish through his interpreter during an interview with Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Roki Sasaki ...

San Diego Padres star pitcher Yu Darvish offered his feeling about Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki after the young pitcher signed with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Sasaki's final choice for the 2025 ...

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish speaks to reporters after practice at the team's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 13, 2025. (Kyodo) PEORIA, Arizona (Kyodo) -- San Diego Padres right ...

Yuli Gurriel arrived in the Padres clubhouse Tuesday morning. His signing came with the endorsement of Yu Darvish. The first of at least three times A.J. Preller checked in with Darvish regarding ...

The disaster dump for Darvish happened again in 2023. His season was somewhat on track over his first nine games (3.67 ERA, 1.130 WHIP, .227 BAA, and 57 strikeouts over 54.0 innings), but the bad ...

So did Darvish in an interview with Kyodo News. So after Mookie Betts got a walk due to a pitch clock violation and Ohtani stepped up to the plate, the atmosphere became quite electric.

The result was a five-game suspension to begin the 2018 season. Gurriel apologized after Game 3 in 2017 and both players have moved on. “No one is perfect,” Darvish said in 2017. “That ...