The news that the Cubs sent Adam Warren to Iowa to stretch out for spot starts wasn’t exactly a surprise. Warren has been going through some struggles, so sending him to a low stress environment to work through those issues while stretching out to serve in a spot starter’s role could help him get back on track. For the moment, the plan is to get him a spot start before the break during a 24 games in 24 days stretch and probably one start after the break.
Reality dictates that the Cubs will probably need more than a couple of spot starts over the course of the second half of this season, though.