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Yu Darvish gets Opening Day nod for Padres

Joe Musgrove appeared to be in line to start Opening Day but he is actually going to be pitching in Game 2. Yu Darvish gets the honor of pitching the season opener in Seoul, South Korea.

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It will be Darvish’s third Opening Day start in the brown and gold but this will obviously be under different circumstances. The veteran starter doesn’t typically begin his season outside of the United States, which is the same for everyone else starting in this series.