Padres rotation could lose Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt admitted today that veteran starter Yu Darvish is experiencing elbow inflammation and is day-to-day with his ramp up to the start of the season.

A tweet from San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Kevin Acee stated that Shildt acknowledged today during their media scrum that Darvish had a tight elbow after his last start on March 13. His regular bullpen and next start date have been pushed back, although Shildt did say that Darvish played catch today.

Yu Darvish played catch today.

However, Mike Shildt revealed today that Darvish experienced elbow inflammation after his last start.

Shildt called Darvish’s status day to day but could not rule out it could affect…