Padres star Yu Darvish out for 2026 after elbow repair and internal brace

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The San Diego Padres entered the offseason with a immense occupation connected their hands. Their ace, Dylan Cease, was acceptable to go a escaped cause erstwhile the play concluded, and Michael King was expected to go a escaped agent, declining his enactment with San Diego. 

King did conscionable arsenic everybody expected, and present the nine is astatine hazard of losing 2 frontline starters. San Diego indispensable either clasp 1 of these players oregon hunt for different formidable arm.

However, the beforehand bureau volition person to hunt for different limb to assistance stabilize the rotation with the latest quality coming from the Padres' corner. 

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Padres prima Yu Darvish retired for 2026 aft elbow repair and interior brace

On Tuesday, the Padres suffered different important setback.

It was announced that Yu Darvish would miss the entirety of the 2026 play aft undergoing surgery, via ESPN's Jeff Passan

"San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish volition miss the 2026 play aft undergoing country to repair a flexor tendon and an interior brace successful his elbow."

Darvish experienced elbow problems astir each play long. He began the play connected the IL with close elbow inflammation and wide fatigue, and helium did not marque his debut until July, pitching connected a constricted basis, making conscionable 15 starts.

Now, helium volition beryllium retired the entirety of adjacent season, pushing the beforehand bureau to look for yet different arm.

With the nine having constricted funds to walk earlier reaching the Competitive Balance Tax threshold, this is the past happening they wanted to spot happen.

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