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Teams across the league spent much of the offseason adding to their pitching depth, knowing it’s a lot to ask a typical five-man rotation to eat a ton of innings coming off a 60-game season.
Well, it sounds like someone forgot to tell Kyle Hendricks. The Chicago Cubs ace is looking to be a steadying hand on the tiller of this team and rotation in 2021 and he’s not talking about pulling back on the reins in any way, shape or form. He sounds more like a guy ready to ambush the league and take home the Cy Young at year’s end.