The Padres are looking for a top-line starter to replace Mike Clevinger, who will miss 2021 due to Tommy John surgery, so you’re going to hear them attached to plenty of names. An early report from MLB.com’s Jon Morosi said that Yu Darvish was priced fairly to the market and “makes a ton of sense” as a target due to an existing relationship with San Diego GM A.J. Preller and the way the Pads match up with the Cubs.
Rather than just speculation, it seems as though Morosi may have been speaking on the basis of actual conversations.