"I feel like I'm enjoying throwing more and playing baseball," Darvish said. "I'm seeing things different than I did in the past."
Darvish has a role model in Prince Fielder, who won the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2015. Fielder, who missed the last four months of the '14 season after undergoing surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck, said the time off reminded him how much fun the game was and how much he missed it.
"I feel I'm the same way," Darvish said. "If I can enjoy it and do what I am doing on the mound, the results will come.