Today's Linkster #39 · MLB

Carlos Rodon to Yu Darvish

On Friday, October 9, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Carlos Rodon to Yu Darvish in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Carlos Rodon (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants.
  • Yu Darvish (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. Nobody matched par. The winning run was kholstein75's: 3 links in 0:59.8.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Carlos Rodon
  2. New York Yankees Juan Soto
  3. San Diego Padres Yu Darvish

No other kind of link made it any shorter.