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Now that the Cubs’ opening-round playoff series with the Padres is going to a winner-take-all third game, they’ll see a familiar face on the mound.
Right-hander Yu Darvish, who spent three seasons on the North Side, will be the Padres’ starting pitcher for Game 3.
The Cubs inked Darvish to a big-money free-agent deal before the 2018 season but shipped him to the Padres in a seven-player trade three seasons into the contract.
Darvish’s finest year in a Cubs uniform came in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, when he posted a 2.