MESA, Ariz. – Asked about the Cubs’ pitching puzzle a week and a half from opening day, pitching coach Tommy Hottovy ran with the metaphor.
“It’s like those jigsaw puzzles, every Christmas you break [them] out, there’s pieces missing, you’re trying to find them on the floor,” Hottovy said. “It’s going to come together. To say each piece is going to fit perfectly in the puzzle is still to be determined.”
The Cubs may not have placed any more pieces on Sunday, but they did get a closer look at several of them.
Lefty reliever Daniel Norris and right-hander Robert Gsellman both made their Cubs spring training debuts against the Royals on Sunday.