Yu Darvish Found Out He Was Traded on Twitter, Questions the System

Yu Darvish is getting traded to the San Diego Padres, and he learned about it the way the rest of us did: on Twitter. Reacting to the news last night, the pitcher tweeted:







“Information that seems to have confirmed my trade came out from a leading source, but my cell phone does not ring,” this tweet reads, via the Chicago Tribune's use of Google Translate. “What kind of system is it?”

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Ryan Glasspiegel grew up in Connecticut, graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in Chicago. Before OutKick, he wrote for Sports Illustrated and The Big Lead. He enjoys expensive bourbon and cheap beer.