MESA, Arizona — The first pitch Yu Darvish threw in his minor-league outing against a team of Triple-A Rockies was sent over the right-center field wall for a home run.
Then he gave up another hit, and started looking at his right hand, and that sounds pretty uh-oh, doesn’t it?
But Darvish settled down and threw well through five innings (a bit less, officially, but there was one inning where they had him face a fourth batter after retiring three guys on about six pitches), and here’s the full rundown thanks to cubs.