Talking with the Chicago Sun-Times recently, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon more or less said that Brett Anderson will be the team’s fifth starter to open the season – despite having pitched worse than his competition, Mike Montgomery.
Coming off multiple injury-plagued campaigns, Anderson has developed a routine that, according to the Sun-Times, “requires lengthy prep and warmup time before pitching.”
Maddon, who is yet to make a formal announcement, seems to be taking this into account.
“It’d be more difficult, there’s no question,” Maddon said. “I can’t deny that.