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 ...

San Padres ownership turmoil may have influenced Roki Sasaki's decision to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, as stability ...

Kikuchi and his family had been with fellow Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, and Darvish posted the following on "X:" (Please note the post below has been translated from Japanese to English through ...

Then came Yu Darvish, the pitcher. Darvish had been out for seven weeks, not because of injury but because of a family situation. He is intensely private, and it was a mystery. The team was so ...

There's a strong precedent in the LA Dodgers camp for giving up jersey numbers to new star signees. Last year, Joe Kelly's family received a Porsche for relinquishing the No.

A core group led by Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove remained ... California. A family dispute between Seidler's widow and his brother has cast doubt on the team's ...

With the Padres embroiled in an ownership dispute and the Dodgers making high-level offseason moves, will the Padres' ...

• Padres right-hander Yu Darvish, a friend and mentor to Sasaki, expressed some disappointment that his countryman chose to sign elsewhere. “It ultimately comes down to what the player wants to do, so ...

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.” ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...