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Yu Darvish swayed to play by teammates' conviction

While expressing some trepidation about playing during the pandemic, Chicago Cubs starter Yu Darvish was swayed to report to camp -- and stay -- after seeing how serious his teammates were taking matters.

"It was a tough decision but everyone is doing it (playing)," Darvish said through an interpreter while wearing a mask in a Sunday zoom. "Everyone has concerns but everyone decided to play so it makes it easier of me to make a decision to play.

"I still have concerns."

Darvish, 33, had worries about the virus going back to spring training 1.