MESA, Ariz. – Cubs lefty Justin Steele is expecting to make his next start, “no problem.”
The Cubs scratched him from his start Saturday, what would have been his first start of spring training, for what the team called general arm fatigue. Steele said he felt tired and “draggy” in his last bullpen.
“Sat with [pitching coach Tommy Hottovy], and we just discussed it,” Steele recounted Monday, “and it was just like, it doesn’t make sense to push it out there and make something worse than what it already is.”
Steele is scheduled to throw a bullpen Tuesday and then rejoin the rotation.