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MESA, ARIZ. – Cubs rookie Hayden Wesneski was expecting the conversation when manager David Ross told him he was in the running for the fifth rotation spot coming out of spring training.
“We’re deep, we throw well,” Wesneski said Sunday. “And so, I figured that the five spot was up in the air, and I’m trying to earn it.”
That confidence, which had him sure he’d compete for a spot out of spring training, had helped him rise to the big-leagues.