MLB Rumors: Yu Darvish is forgoing free agency to stay with the Chicago Cubs, per multiple reports. The former Texas Rangers ace signed a 6 year, $126 million deal with the Cubs after the 2018 season, and after getting a base salary of $25 million in 2018 and $20 million in 2019, Darvish had the right to opt out of the remaining 4 years, $81 million within five days of the World Series ending.
Darvish, 33, seemed unlikely to exercise his opt out rights, due to a bad 2018 year that saw him pitch just 40 innings with a 4.