The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 2024. They could be active in free agency as they look to add Rōki Sasaki.

Instead, Ohtani grounded out to first base. The difference — pitcher Yu Darvish. The Padres' ace impressively retired Ohtani during all three of Ohtani's plate appearances against him.

LOS ANGELES — Asked about the prospect of facing Shohei Ohtani during the superstar’s heater, Yu Darvish deflected on the eve of his first start of the postseason. He had to face all nine ...

Yuki Matsui and Yu Darvish plays for the Padres, while Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are key players for the Dodgers.

After Shohei Ohtani took Dylan Cease deep in Game 1, he was matched up against fellow countryman Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the ongoing NLDS series at Dodger Stadium on Sunday.

Yu Darvish put on a pitching masterclass to shut down Shohei Ohtani as the San Diego Padres thrashed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 to claim an emphatic series-leveling victory on Sunday. Japanese ...

In the case of Shohei Ohtani, and his struggles over the last several games of the Dodgers’ postseason, the culprit appears to have been San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish. In six at-bats ...

“Yesterday was definitely a team win,” star slugger Shohei Ohtani added ... three months he actually played for the team in 2017, Yu Darvish, the Padres’ starter for Game 5, has spent ...

Every team would like to land Sasaki. Can his relationship with Darvish, and Darvish's admiration of Preller, give the Padres ...

“I thought Yu was magnificent again. Had them off balance. Couple of swings got him. Other than that, he was really good,” Shildt said. Darvish and Ohtani teamed to help win last year’s ...

LOS ANGELES — Asked about the prospect of facing Shohei Ohtani during the superstar’s heater, Yu Darvish deflected on the eve of his first start of the postseason. He had to face all nine Dodgers ...