Pitcher Yu Darvish of the major league Padres left the team using the temporary maternity leave system due to the birth of a child, and the next starting pitcher was postponed to the 27th.
Pitcher Darvish posted on his Twitter on the 23rd, "On the 22nd, on my wife's birthday, a healthy boy was born. Both mother and child are healthy. I have nothing but gratitude to my wife who went through so much to give birth." Posted.
In response, the Padres revealed that Darvish had temporarily left the team using MLB's maternity leave program, known as the "paternity list."
Under this system, players are allowed to leave the team for up to three days due to their wife's childbirth, etc., and can return to the team earlier than being on the regular injured list, which must be out for at least 10 days. .
Darvish pitched in the match against the Nationals on the 18th of this month, and was expected to pitch on the 24th in 5 days at the earliest, but according to the team, Snell will start on the 24th. Darvish's next pitching will be changed to the match against the Royals on the 27th.
The 36-year-old Darvish has a 10-7 record so far this season, and is 12 short of reaching 3,000 strikeouts in Japan and the United States, making him the second pitcher after Hideo Nomo.