Darvish will have his next scheduled start pushed back from Thursday against the Astros to Friday's series opener against the Mariners, T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Rangers recently kicked off a stretch of 17 games in as many days, so the team will build in an extra day of rest for their ace by deploying a six-man rotation this week. With Darvish moving back to Friday, it's expected that A.J. Griffin (ankle) will be activated from the disabled list to take the hill Thursday, allowing both Griffin and Nick Martinez to remain in the rotation for the time being. In addition to gaining some extra recovery time from his 10-strikeout outing against the Angels over the past weekend, Darvish will benefit from a better matchup against a comparatively weaker Mariners lineup.