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For the better part of two years, we’ve been wondering whether or not the Chicago Cubs can actually count on Craig Kimbrel late in ballgames.
How the veteran right-hander closed out the shortened 2020 campaign suggests he’s back on track. The guy was lights-out late last year, giving the organization hope he’d finally turned the corner and was ready to, once again, be a force in the ninth inning.
“I definitely had to put in some work physically and mentally,” Kimbrel told MLB.com, “to get back to where I needed to be, and was able to do that.