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MLB Notes: Yu Darvish Returns to the Injured List for the 2nd Time in 2024

Along with Darvish, Japanese MLB pitchers Kodai Senga and Shintaro Fujinami of the Mets and Red Sox slugger Masataka Yoshida are also sidelined with injuries.

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3 weeks ago

June 6, 2024

Ed Odeven

San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins on May 29, 2024, at Petco Field. (AP/via KYODO)

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For the second time in the 2024 MLB season, San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is on the injured list (IL).

Darvish was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday, June 1 with a strained left groin. The 37-year-old right-hander had two shaky starts after stringing together four outings in which he did not allow a run in 24 innings.

He left his start on May 29 after three innings due to what was described as "left hamstring tightness" by The San Diego Union-Tribune. Darvish (4-3) allowed six hits and three runs (two earned) in a 9-1 loss to the visiting Miami Marlins.

MLB — *Padres hurler Yu Darvish pitches to a New York Yankees batter on May 24. (KYODO)*

On May 24, Darvish allowed nine hits and seven runs, including four home runs, in 5⅔ innings against the New York Yankees. San Diego fell 8-0 at home.

Darvish was placed on the 15-day IL with neck tightness on April 17, then returned and had a quartet of excellent starts before getting shelled by the Yankees.

*Boston Red Sox slugger Masataka Yoshida in a July 2023 file photo. (©SANKEI)*

Injury Updates on Other Japanese MLB Players

Boston Red Sox outfielder/designated hitter Masataka Yoshida (thumb) is slated to return to the team on June 11 after a rehab assignment in the minor leagues, according to published reports.

Yoshida sustained the injury when he "jammed his hand" while batting against the San Francisco Giants on April 28, ESPN reported. Since then, he hasn't played in an MLB game.

He is batting .275 with two homers and 11 RBIs this season.

Boston manager Alex Cora expressed optimism when speaking to reporters about the possibility of Yoshida beginning a rehab assignment around Thursday, June 6. "Hopefully, hopefully," Cora said, Red Sox beat writer Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reported on X.

Meanwhile, New York Mets pitchers Kodai Senga and Shintaro Fujinami are both sidelined with shoulder injuries. Neither right-hander has thrown a pitch in a 2024 MLB game.

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Author: Ed Odeven

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