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This wasn’t the playoff experience Cubs rookie Cade Horton had imagined down the stretch, when he accepted a pitch limit with the belief that it would set him up for a deep playoff run.
He couldn’t have predicted then that a persistent cough would lead to a fractured rib that would sideline him for the first two rounds of the postseason.
“Absolutely,” Horton said Tuesday when asked if he expected to be available for the National League Championship Series on the off chance that the Cubs advance. “That’s the plan so far.