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Padres Rhp Yu Darvish to Miss Next Season After Undergoing Elbow Ligament Repair Surgery
Darvish underwent surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament and received an internal brace, sidelining him for the entire 2026 Major League Baseball season.
- On Tuesday, Yu Darvish, right-handed pitcher for the San Diego Padres, announced he will miss the 2026 season after surgery to repair his pitching elbow.
- With a prior Tommy John in 2015, Yu Darvish underwent an internal brace procedure and flexor tendon repair during surgery last week, sidelining him for 12 to 15 months.
- After a delayed July 7 debut, Yu Darvish made 15 starts and threw 72 innings, and he started the decisive Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series allowing two runs without recording an out.
- The Padres face rotation uncertainty as Darvish's injury adds to pending free agents Dylan Cease and Michael King, who combined to make 68 of 162 regular-season starts, or 42%.
- Padres GM A.J. Preller hasn't ruled out asking Mason Miller to start, and Yu Darvish says he'll work on rehab and is not retiring.
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Padres down 3 starters – lose Darvish to surgery, Cease, King to free agency
Yu Darvish. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Right-hander Yu Darvish will miss the 2026 season with the Padres after surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. Darvish, 39, also got an internal brace in the surgery performed last week, the Padres announced Tuesday. “I will be working hard on my rehab to be able to throw a ball comfortably again,” Darvish wrote in Japanese on social media. Darvish had Tom…
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