Chicago Cubs: Yu Darvish feeling and looking healthy

The stat line may not have looked too pretty in Yu Darvish’s first start of Spring Training for the Chicago Cubs, but the immediate takeaways were positive nonetheless.

The Chicago Cubs‘ Yu Darvish walked four and lasted just 1 1/3 innings on Tuesday afternoon, but he also did not allow a hit, and the velocity on his fastball seems to have returned.

The 32-year-old routinely sat between 94-96 with the fastball and mixed in a full array of cutters and breaking balls to boot, emerging from the outing with a clean bill of health and rejuvenated mentally.

Speaking to reporters without an interpreter–a first for him–Darvish made it clear that he felt strong on the mound, and that his focus is…