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Finally, some optimism surrounding Yu Darvish's rehab

Yu Darvish hasn't spoken to Alex Rodriguez, but he has a plan ready if the former player and current ESPN broadcaster were to reach out:

"If he sends me a text message or something, I'll keep it, maybe take a screenshot, print it out, frame it," Darvish said through a translator.

That officially ended his media session before Saturday's game, but Darvish wasn't done yet:

"I'm not joking," he said in English as he walked away.

It's been a little while since we've seen that sense of humor and edge from Darvish.

He has plenty of bulletin board material for his Comeback Tour and for the first time in what feels like forever, there is actually optimism surrounding Darvish's rehab.