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Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins admits that he was the “low guy” on right-handed pitcher Cade Horton when the team was preparing for the 2022 MLB Draft.
That wasn’t a knock on Horton himself, or his standout performance in the College World Series. It was more of a question of sample size.
Horton was less than a year and a half removed from Tommy John surgery. He played mostly third base his redshirt freshman year at Oklahoma as he worked back from the injury and had a 7.