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Drew Smyly gives Cubs veteran lefty out of heavily right-handed bullpen

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Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly is back in the bullpen after a rough start Tuesday in Detroit.

PITTSBURGH – The Cubs have gone all year without a consistent left-handed relief option. Drew Smyly’s move to the bullpen may have solved that problem.

“It’s like I never left, I guess,” quipped Smyly, who made one start in Detroit between bullpen stints. “I get it. I haven’t been doing my job as a starter. So there’s nothing I can say, or any type of way I can feel about it.”

The Cubs have not yet announced who will replace Smyly in the rotation.