Though we sort of brushed it off at the time, a brief report from Japan’s Nikkan Sports last week calling the Cubs the “dominant candidate” in the race to land Yu Darvish may have been accurate. Further reports from domestic beat writers followed in the wake of that initial blurb, then the Cubs flew to Dallas to meet with Darvish in person.
The pitcher himself shared his thoughts on Monday’s summit via Twitter, expressing a growing comfort with the Cubs cadre as well as with his own grasp of English.