Emotional Darvish caught off guard by Cubs trade. 6M. Jesse Rogers. Yu Darvish trade solidifies his status as an elite fantasy baseball pitcher. 6M. Tristan H. Cockcroft. First Blake Snell, now Yu ...

Darvish has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. In international play, Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team.

The Cubs have traded ace Yu Darvish to the Padres in a five-for-two blockbuster, the club announced Tuesday night. The deal also includes Darvish’s personal catcher Victor Caratini and cash going to the Padres, who in return are sending the Cubs starter Zach Davies, and prospects Reginald Preciado, Owen Caissie, Ismael Mena and Yeison Santana — three of whom are teenagers.

Looking at the rest of the return for Yu Darvish, the Cubs received four far-off prospects that seemed like a terrible deal for an ace in Owen Caissie, Reginald Preciado, Yeison Santana and Ismael...

Darvish is entering his age-34 season and has $59 million left on his contract. The Cubs could have eaten a large portion of his remaining salary to acquire a better prospect haul featuring, say,...

Jake Arrieta and Yu Darvish spent alternating stints in the Cubs starting rotation. Now, there's a chance the former Chicago aces' paths cross on a different club. San Diego is looking at free agent veteran starting pitchers after placing Darvish (lower back tightness) on the 10-day IL Sunday, and Arrieta is "in the mix," according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Chicago Cubs: The fans have the power to force Ricketts’ hand. ... Chicago signed Yu Darvish to an expensive deal and ownership ponied up the money mid-season back in 2019 to sign Craig Kimbrel ...

In one of the biggest trades last offseason, the Chicago Cubs sent pitcher Yu Darvish and his personal catcher, Victor Caratini, to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Zach Davies and four minor...

Cubs starter Jake Arrieta threw back-to-back sliders, and Darvish fouled off both. But with a pair of strikes on him, he was forced to swing the bat. In the Cubs’ 3-1 victory Wednesday, the pitchers’ duel included a more literal battle between the two starters in Arrieta’s last inning on the mound. He finally struck out Darvish, after the Padres right-hander fouled off seven pitches.