Today's Linkster #41 · MLB

Yu Darvish to Jose Berrios

On Sunday, October 11, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Yu Darvish to Jose Berrios 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

  • Yu Darvish (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers.
  • Jose Berrios (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays.

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 hbanks13's: 4 links in 1:39.3.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Yu Darvish
  2. Texas Rangers Marcus Semien
  3. Toronto Blue Jays Jose Berrios

No other kind of link made it any shorter.