Yu Darvish went without pay for 48 days while he was on the restricted list.
Six weeks and six days. That's how long Yu Darvish voluntarily went without pay during his leave of absence from the San Diego Padres.
“And on the flip side of it, A.J. gave Darvish every opportunity in the very beginning to go on the 60-day , which I think every other player I’ve ever represented would have done," Joel Wolfe of Wasserman Media Group told. But Darvish said, ‘No, I’m not going to do that,’ because of the promise that he had made to Mr. Seidler and A.J. when he signed his contract. He just didn’t feel it was right to collect the money if he wasn’t fully committed to the rehab and coming back.
“It’s one thing to know a player, but to really take the time to listen and understand and be a true friend … you just don’t see very often that type of personal connection between front office executives and players,” Wolfe said.
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