CHICAGO -- Javier Assad thinks he can help the Chicago Cubs in the last part of the season. So does manager Craig Counsell.
Assad is slated to make a rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. The right-hander is coming back from a troublesome left oblique injury.
"Just trying to get back to my 100 percent," Assad said Saturday through a translator.
Assad, who turns 28 on Wednesday, got hurt during spring training. He re-aggravated the injury during a rehab start with Iowa in April.
He tossed three scoreless innings in a rehab appearance in the Arizona Complex League on Thursday.