Alec Mills Extends Hitless Streak, Strengthens Case for Rotation

Alec Mills looks like rotation material. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Alec Mills pitched three hitless innings in the late half of the Cubs’ split squad games Monday night, striking out three and issuing one walk against the A’s at Hohokam Park. It was his second start and third appearance of the spring, none of which have been blemished by a hit from an opposing batter. Six hitless innings early in spring training don’t mean nothing, and I’m not even saying that as a nod to the common parlance of my boyhood hometown.

If I may dispense with double negatives in the interest of clarity, Mills’ limited production backs up his previous MLB results and PECOTA’s projections for him in 2020. The computer…