There are several starting pitchers the Cubs have been connected rather heavily to since last summer. And Tuesday afternoon in Peoria, Joe Maddon’s team beat up one of the front office’s targets.
The Cubs knocked Tyson Ross out of the exhibition game with one out in the first inning. The Cubs put five runs on the board and forced Ross to throw over 30 pitches. Ross had to finish getting his pitch count up in the bullpen after Andy Green took him out.
Tyson Ross is one of a group of controllable starting pitchers the Cubs have tried to acquire for close to a year.