First, let’s start with the most important news of the day. Yu Darvish threw 55 pitches on Saturday, using all of his pitches and he felt great.
Darvish spoke to reporters at Wrigley Field and said that his recovery has really turned the corner in the past 10 days.
55ish pitches for Darvish in his bullpen. Said he threw every pitch in his arsenal and felt good.
Said this is the most optimistic he's been in this whole process. Felt like he turned a corner physically about 10 days ago.
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) August 4, 2018
Darvish said about 10 days ago, treatment shifted from elbow to spine, and that has him feeling better. About 55 pitches in pen. #Cubs
— Bruce Miles (@BruceMiles2112) August 4, 2018
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This was Darvish’s longest bullpen session since his setback in June and the next step is a simulated game.
As far as the treatment to the back? I don’t know what to make of it, but all that matters is that Darvish feels great.
Next step for Darvish is a sim game if he reports all okay with arm tomorrow . This is always the protocol after a rehab performance .
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) August 4, 2018
So, all things considered today was yet another positive step towards Darvish’s comeback.
Oh, and the A-Rod text messages thing?
Yu Darvish feels good after bp and says if he gets text from A-Rod he'll screenshot it and frame it. He added in English: "I'm not joking." pic.twitter.com/rF5lcyA2wj
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) August 4, 2018
Yu Darvish is actually funny and goddamnit if you’re not rooting for him to come back and kick ass as a Cubs fan then you suck.
