Yu Darvish: If Cubs Didn't Take COVID-19 Seriously, ‘I Was Ready to Go Home'

Darvish was the first player in the majors last spring to publicly express fear of the COVID-19 spread and lethality of a virus that was blamed for fewer than 10 American deaths at the time. Four months and more than 130,000 U.S. coronavirus-related deaths later, he made the "tough" decision to play - with plenty of reservations.