Yu Darvish, former Texas Rangers ace and current member of the Chicago Cubs, is one of the more thoughful, insightful players in MLB. He vocalized concerns this spring, before the season was delayed, about COVID-19 and the impact that the Coronavirus would have on the league, as well as concerns on a personal level about playing.
Darvish talked to the Chicago media yesterday about playing in this abbreviated season amidst the pandemic, noting that as a father of small children he was particularly concerned about putting their safety at risk, saying “I cam here to make sure everybody’s doing the right thing.