April 20, 2022, was just another normal Wednesday for Danny Farquhar and his family, until the pitching coach for High-A Winston-Salem -- a White Sox affiliate -- quickly realized it wasn¡¯t.

¡°My wife and I woke up and I looked at my watch and I was like, ¡®Babe, it¡¯s April 20th. I had my aneurysm four years ago,¡¯¡± Farquhar told MLB.com during a recent phone interview. ¡°She was kind of shocked by it.

¡°She was like, ¡®Wow, it feels like that happened so much longer ago than four years ago.¡¯ With everything that has happened, the whole COVID, the whole country shutting down, the transition I made from playing to coaching, it seems like such a long time ago. But it was just four years.¡±

On a Friday night in Chicago four years ago, Farquhar replaced James Shields with runners on second and third and one out in the sixth inning of an eventual 10-0 loss to the Astros. The 35-year-old, now healthy and a happily married father of two sons and one daughter, allowed George Springer¡¯s ground-rule double and Carlos Correa¡¯s home run, while also striking out Jose Altuve and retiring Josh Reddick on a flyout to left fielder Nicky Delmonico.

But Farquhar doesn¡¯t remember any of that game. He doesn¡¯t remember collapsing in the dugout or medical treatment in the hospital after he was rushed from Guaranteed Rate Field.

¡°There are four days that I lost,¡± Farquhar said. ¡°One of them being my last Major League game, which kind of stinks. But no, there¡¯s still no recollection of those days.¡±

¡°I think about that day and my heart just kind of dropped a little bit, knowing how fragile life is, how precious it is,¡± said White Sox outfielder Adam Engel, who was the club's starting center fielder on that night. ¡°Seeing somebody like that just all of a sudden have a moment where you are not sure if he¡¯s going to make it, it¡¯s just scary.¡±

Not only did Farquhar make it with the help of great doctors, his wife Lexie, and his children Madison, Landon, and Liam, but he even attempted a comeback with the Yankees in 2019. After two outings with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the right-handed hurler knew his playing career was over.

¡°More than anything, I would say it was just like all the power I lost from my right side. Obviously, I kept it a little bit of a secret when I was trying to come back, right?¡± Farquhar said. ¡°You are not going to ultimately tell everybody how it affected you. But you know, it¡¯s one of those [things] that velocity took a big hit and you know how important velocity is when it comes to baseball.

¡°Hitters are taking better swings. But as far as my personality, all the other stuff, I¡¯m the same guy. If it wasn¡¯t for having to perform at such an elite level, you would say I walked away unscathed.¡±

Unscathed, and on to the coaching ranks. Farquhar was unofficially coaching and imparting important information even as a player, as his fellow White Sox pitchers will attest. But now he¡¯s helping shape Chicago's top pitching prospects, such as Andrew Dalquist, Matthew Thompson, and Sean Burke.

His Major League goal hasn¡¯t changed, even if his role has been altered.

¡°Of course, the end goal is to be in the Major Leagues,¡± Farquhar said. ¡°On the field, the relationships that I have built with the players and my knowledge of all the data, plus all the things I¡¯ve accomplished and gone through in my career, plus I¡¯m fluent in Spanish ¡­

¡°I¡¯m giving you my whole resume,¡± Farquhar added with a laugh. ¡°You know I think it¡¯s a package for on-field stuff. There¡¯s joy to seeing a guy listen to some tips or some advice or doing drills and then watching it click out on the mound.¡±

There are still yearly CT scans for Farquhar and some modifications to his lifestyle through medicine, but nothing too crazy, he noted. Although it certainly didn¡¯t seem like it in the moment four years ago, Farquhar is truly blessed.

¡°Oh, big time. Big time,¡± Farquhar said. ¡°Just hearing all the numbers about the survival rate and the effects that it has on the people who do survive, I feel just very fortunate to be in the situation I am.¡±

¡°Seeing him at Spring Training, [he was] happy upbeat Danny, like he was before everything happened. He¡¯s a fighter,¡± Engel said. ¡°He comes from a strong family, and I¡¯m glad that things are going the way they are going for him. He¡¯s in a role right now he really loves, helping other guys pitch, and baseball needs people like him.¡±