The Padres have placed right-hander on the restricted list, as manager Mike Shildt told reporters (including ) this evening. Shildt noted that Darvish is stepping away from the team while he deals with a personal matter involving his family. The i sue does not have to do with anything physical, and Shildt did not comment on the veterans timeline for return to the club. Players on the restricted list do not count against their clubs 40-man roster and collect neither their salary nor MLB service time, meaning that Darvish will forfeit a pro-rated amount of his $16MM salary for the 2024 season for the length of his absence from the team. The right-hander last appeared in a game for the Padres on May 29 and was due to a left groin strain shortly thereafter. indicated that the veteran was nearing a return from the injured list but had been slowed by a bout of inflammation in his right elbow. According to , Darvish had subsequently resumed playing catch as he worked his way back toward the big league mound but will now seemingly step away from the team for an indefinite period. Darvish, 38 in August, is a five-time All Star and veteran of 12 MLB seasons. The righty joined the Padres during the 2020-21 offseason after the club acquired him from the Cubs alongside catcher in exchange for right-hander and a package of four prospects. At the time, Darvish was coming off a dominant 2020 campaign that earned him Greg McCrae Jersey a second-place finish in NL Cy Young award voting that year. While the rightys work in San Diego hasnt quite measured up to the incredible 2.01 ERA (224 ERA+) and 2.23 FIP he posted in 76 innings during the 60-game season, hes nonethele s been a reliable presence at the front of the Padres rotation. In 95 starts for the club, Darvish has posted a solid 3.80 ERA with an even stronger 3.69 FIP and an impre sive 26.2% strikeout rate. That work impre sed Padres bra s enough that they opted to extend Darvish with a that began this season and will run through the 2028 campaign. The surprising commitment was looking good through 11 starts this year, as Darvish had dominated to the tune of a 3.20 ERA (126 ERA+) and a 3.51 FIP in 56 1/3 innings before he was placed on the IL at the start of June. The news is a blow to the Padres rotation depth, as the club has relied in recent weeks on the likes of , , and to round out the clubs rotation behind and amid injuries to Darvish and fellow veteran righty . With Musgrove expected to remain out until at least August due to a bone spur in his elbow thats caused inflammation and now Darvish out indefinitely, the news serves to highlight San Diegos rotation needs ahead of the trade deadline later this month. The clubs 49-43 record puts them comfortably in the second of three NL Wild Card spots, and their offense ranks fourth in the majors with a wRC+ of 114. Unfortunately, theyve been held back by a relatively lackluster rotation that ranks just 19th in the majors with a 4.09 ERA this year. Given the uncertainty surrounding when Musgrove and Darvish will be back in the rotation for the club, it makes plenty of sense for them to explore a rotation market that figures to feature players such as , , and . Quentin Skinner Jersey