At one point early in the Angels’ TV broadcast of the Cubs’ 4-3 loss to their team Thursday afternoon, one of their broadcasters said that Justin Steele had walked six batters so far this spring.
That didn’t jibe with my recollection, so I looked it up. While Steele did walk a pair in this game, he didn’t give up any hits and has three walks in four innings this spring, not six. Here, he strikes out Anthony Rendon in the first inning [VIDEO].
Anyway, I thought Steele threw pretty well Thursday and perhaps made a good case for holding down the fifth spot in the Cubs’ rotation, as I suggested this morning.