Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy knew he had his work cut out for him when it came to guiding and motivating his pitching staff remotely over the course of baseball’s shutdown. As it turns out, he had a little help in that department in the form of an obstacle that ended up being much bigger than he could have imagined.
As Hottovy admitted right at the start of his interview with 670 The Score’s Mully & Haugh Wednesday morning, he spent a month battling COVID-19. Even quarantined in the guest room of his Chicago home, he continued to hold his regular conference calls with players and staff.