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Why 30-start season means so much to Justin Steele, Cubs’ outlook

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Justin Steele #35 of the Chicago Cubs reacts after striking out a batter to end the top of the seventh against the San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field on September 04, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

Once in a while, Justin Steele’s mom likes to remind her son of the inauspicious beginnings of his baseball career, pulling out pictures of him playing T-ball at about four years old. Well, playing is an overstatement.

“I’m kicking ant [hills] over and chasing butterflies,” Steele said in a conversation with the Sun-Times at the end of the season.