San Diego Padres ace Yu Darvish's wife, Seiko Yamamoto, is a wrestler and submission grappler. The 44-year-old has won the freestyle wrestling gold in five World Championships and a submission ...

Padres GM A.J. Preller chats with pitcher Yu Darvish before their game against the Mets at Petco Park on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune ...

Yu Darvish shows off incredible pitching skills in intense practice session ahead of 2025 season with Padres (image credit: IMAGN) Yu Darvish is hard at work this offseason to maintain good form ...

Yu Darvish, a prominent MLB pitcher, played a crucial role in mentoring Roki Sasaki during his early baseball career. Darvish’s guidance helped Sasaki through initial challenges, focusing on the ...

Yu Darvish has played for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and the San Diego Padres. Surely, a connection can be made between his experience and all of these teams being one ...

So San Diego reportedly had him to a player's home for dinner. We also know that Sasaki has long idolized countryman Yu Darvish, and sure enough the veteran righty made sure to take some time away ...

Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish, two legendary players with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, feature largely in the team’s new home stadium, but the ballpark is not ready for show-time just yet.

Per Phillips, a chance to work with his mentor Yu Darvish may be too good an offer to pass up for the young Roki Sasaki. "It sure feels like it's the Padres, and then a longshot the Blue Jays ...

It was Darvish's first start since April 14 as he dealt with neck stiffness. Darvish had a bit of a down season in 2023, but he has bounced back so far in 2023 with a 3.45 ERA over his first 28 2/ ...

S an Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish was nearly unhittable on Sunday, throwing seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 9-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. This marks back-to-back Sunday ...

Darvish's strikeout numbers are still down relative to his career average, but he is 2-1 through seven starts with a 2.94 ERA, an 8.02 K/9 rate, and a 2.94 BB/9 rate in 33 2/3 IP.