The injury to Cade Horton has been another case of the Chicago Cubs possibly tipping their hand with an issue within their medical staff. Horton was pulled from his final start of the regular season on Tuesday after only throwing 29 pitches. The initial belief was that Horton was recovering from an illness, and a coughing spell led to some back strain. In a concerning twist, Horton underwent an MRI on Wednesday and an ominous update on Thursday suggested that the Cubs got bad news.
Craig Counsell did provide an update on Horton before the Cubs' loss to the New York Mets on Thursday, but even in his update, Counsell only confused fans more.