Preller didn’t go any deeper than that, other to say that Darvish wants to be around the team and help out starters like Randy Vasquez, who worked with Darvish last year. But that form of “giving back,” to use the GM’s wording for it, isn’t the same as giving back money, and Preller added that he and the Padres “hopefully have a little bit more clarity here” with regard to Darvish’s situation.
