The return schedule of San Diego Japanese pitcher Darvish Yu (38), who had been away from the team for about three months, is reportedly going well as planned.

“Darvish Yu, who hasn’t thrown a ball since May 30th, including leaving the team due to injuries and personal problems, took the mound in a practice game against a Cincinnati minor league team at the San Diego club’s spring camp facility in Peoria, Arizona on the 31st,” the San Diego regional media “Union-Turribune” reported on the 1st (Korea Standard Time).

“Darvish threw a total of 66 pitches against 18 batters during a total of four innings on the day. Everything, including the pitch and ball speed, was satisfactory,” the media continued. “According to San Diego team officials, Darvish expressed satisfaction with his pitch by saying, “I felt very good.”

After finishing his practice game well with a minor league team, Darvish will play a rehabilitation game through a minor league regular season game. However, no schedule has been decided yet on when he will return to the big leagues.

Before going on the injured list due to left groin pain in May, Darvish played in a total of 11 games this season with 4 wins, 3 losses and a 3.20 ERA, solidly playing one of the pillars of his team’s San Diego starting rotation.

However, he left the team in early July for personal reasons, a month after he was put on the injured list in late May. At the time, he could have been on the 60-day injured list and received an annual salary, but he has become a model for many as he chose not to be on the list of restrictors who do not accept money, saying, “I couldn’t do that out of conscience.”토토사이트

As of Tuesday, San Diego is ranking third in the National League West with 77 wins and 61 losses and a 0.558 win rate this season. The gap with the top-ranked Dodgers widened by 5.5 games.

As a result, it would be difficult to advance to the playoffs by winning the district championship, but it would be possible to play in the fall baseball through a total of three wild cards allocated to the National League. As of Tuesday, San Diego is tying with the Arizona Atlanta Braves at the top three spots in the wild card race of the National League. It is leading the New York Mets in fourth place by two games.

In this situation, if Darvish can return to the mound as soon as possible, it is expected to be a great help to San Diego’s power, which is competing for autumn baseball.