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Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon already knows his focus for his next rehab outing.
“Now it’s time to flip out of that rehab mode, back into compete mode,” he said Monday.
Taillon’s first rehab start for Triple-A Iowa, on his way back from a strained right calf that has sidelined him for a little over a month, wasn’t pretty results-wise. Taillon surrendered seven runs in three innings Sunday.
His final line, however, was far from the most important measure of his outing.
“I actually felt pretty good,” Taillon said.