It has been well-documented how difficult the 2020 season was for players mentally and physically, but with what appears to be a 162-game season on the horizon, getting the body back to normal after adjusting for a two-month sprint will be vital to staying healthy in ’21.
Spring training will be different for Cubs pitchers this year. Not only will the team be assembling a rotation for the first time in several years, but each pitcher will enter camp under a different set of circumstances because of the nature of last year’s pandemic-shortened season.
“We have guys that trained for a full season and made 10 or 11 starts [last year],” pitching coach Tommy Hottovy said.