The Cubs debuted their new Motorola sleeve patches yesterday, but not every player is sporting them in the same place. While most have a patch on their non-dominant arm so as to maximize air time, today’s starting pitcher will sport it on the seat of his pants. You know, because then it’s an ass ad.
Javier Assad has been decidedly mid over the last couple of months spanning his IL stint with a forearm issue, but he’s done it in different ways. Even though he held the Brewers scoreless in his outing on July 22, he walked six batters over just 3.