Padres starter looks to throw four innings in a game before departing spring training, seems likely to start in first homestand
Yu Darvish returned from his time serving as the elder statesman and pitcher for a baseball team that made its country proud. He hugged his teammates, acknowledging to some that he was tired. He showed a few his gold medal.“That’s kind of in the past now, now that we’re here,” Darvish said in regard to the World Baseball Classic on his first morning at the Peoria Sports Complex.What he does and when he does it and how much he can do for the Padres early on are still to be determined.
Darvish arrived in Phoenix on a flight from Miami on Wednesday, the day after Japan beat the United States 3-2 in the final of the WBC — the country’s third title and the second that Darvish has been a part of.“The role for me was a little bit different this time around just being the oldest on the team,” said Darvish, who was also on the 2009 WBC winner. “But both experiences, they were both beautiful.
Darvish pitched three innings in a start March 10, two innings in a relief appearance March 15 and one inning of relief in Tuesday’s final. In all, he threw 93 pitches in WBC games. “It’s little bit concerning just because it was a unique sort of spring training,” Darvish said through interpreter Shingo Horie. “Team Japan was trying to win the whole thing there, and because of those reasons, I wasn’t able to build up as I would if you’re in a regular spring training, so there is a little bit concern there.”
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