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SAN DIEGO, CA — On Thursday, Yu Darvish agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres on a new deal that would keep the 36-year-old pitcher with the team until the 2028 season. The right-hander, who boasts a bewildering mix of pitches, will be paid $108 million over six years, including the $18 million he was originally due in 2023 before becoming a free agency. He's under contract with San Diego until the age of 42. On Friday, the Padres planned a press conference with Darvish and general manager A.J. Preller.Darvish pitched the Padres to the NLCS last season, which was one of his greatest in his 11-year major league career. He concluded the season with a 16-8 record, a 3.10 ERA, and 197 strikeouts. He went 2-1 in the playoffs. The Cubs traded Darvish to the Padres in 2020. The Padres' newest free-agent acquisition. Darvish leads a rotation that features Joe Musgrove, a local kid who inked a $100 million, five-year contract in July. They signed shortstop Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year, $280 million contract in December, despite the fact that Fernando Tatis Jr. will be eligible to return from an 80-game ban after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance on April 20. Tatis will be moved to the outfield, most likely to right field.The Padres, who are still looking for their first World Series title, might spend even more money in the future. Manny Machado, the Padres' All-Star third baseman, has the option to opt out of his $300 million, 10-year contract after the 2023 season, and the Padres would want to see him conclude his career in San Diego. Last year, Machado finished second in the voting for NL MVP.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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