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Right-hander Marcus Stroman took another step Thursday in his throwing progression, as he works back from a fracture in his rib cartilage. He threw a 29-pitch live batting practice session at the Cubs’ Arizona complex, the team announced.
“He’s ahead of schedule from what I thought he would be,” manager David Ross said. “So that’s good news.”
Stroman was diagnosed with the injury less than four weeks ago. He has progressed rapidly since heading to Arizona last week.
Stroman has a history of beating injury timeline estimates. When he tore his ACL in March of 2015, the Blue Jays expected he would miss the rest of the season.