Brandon Morrow won’t be back tomorrow. He won’t be back opening day. Probably more like the beginning of May. So what will Joe Maddon do? Well, it wasn’t like he didn’t deal with this last season. Morrow went down with an elbow injury and didn’t pitch after the All-Star break.
The next thing you know, it’s September and the Cubs have 5 saves over a 10-day span by 5 different pitchers (Chavez, Strop, Rosario, De La Rosa & Cishek). On top of that, in the game Rosario saved, Strop got hurt and missed the rest of the regular season.