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How long has it been since Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks was completely locked in and at the top of his game? Not just on a given day, that is, but as a matter of routine.
Peak “Professor,” in other words.
“It’s been a little while, for sure. Maybe a point in 2020?” he said Sunday after pitching into the seventh inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 win against the Royals at Wrigley Field.
Three years is an eternity in a baseball career.