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Yu Darvish's Agent Rips 'Classless' Alex Rodriguez After Questioning Heart

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ESPN analyst Alex Rodriguez went after Yu Darvish during a broadcast Sunday night, questioning the Chicago Cubs pitcher's work in rehab as he tries to return from an elbow injury.

Rodriguez claimed that Cubs teammates were upset at Darvish and he has been creating a riff in the clubhouse, which is something the player's agent didn't appreciate.

"I think it was classless," agent Joel Wolfe said Monday, per Patrick Mooney of The Athletic, "and bordered on unprofessional to take a little nugget of somewhat exaggerated information from one person that maybe he had history with and turning that into a spokesman for the entire team.