Yu Darvish has been much more comfortable in his own skin this season in Chicago, though he’s always been almost shockingly transparent about his mindset. Some of that may have been misconstrued in the past due to his use of an interpreter, but there’s no mistaking his candor these days.
And when it comes to talking about his return to Dodger Stadium, the site of a World Series meltdown in 2017 that left him mentally scarred, he’s almost been a little too open. He talked about that last season with Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, saying that he still lived with the regret of not being able to deliver for the fans.