Yu Darvish was scheduled to throw two innings Saturday in the Cubs’ first intrasquad scrimmage since the team gathered at Wrigley Field to prepare for a strange, truncated, hope-it-goes-off-as-planned regular season.
Two innings? A four-time All-Star with a $126 million contract can do that with a fistful of hundreds tied behind his back.
As Darvish walked off the mound after inning No. 2, though, manager David Ross put up the stop sign.
“One more hitter!” Ross yelled.
OK, so Darvish ended up doing a little bit more than expected. And as the rest of the team left the field, the 33-year-old right-hander did a little bit more than that.