Jon Lester will make his Cactus League debut Tuesday, followed by Kyle Hendricks on Wednesday. Those will be the first two starts by surefire members of the rotation, but don’t expect anything more than seriously abbreviated efforts. It may be a while before we see the other two primary starters, as José Quintana has been experiencing flu-like symptoms and Yu Darvish is slated to throw live BP during Monday’s workout.
Also scheduled to throw is Craig Kimbrel, who’s being brought along slowly after last year’s debacle. The Cubs are taking no chances with their closer, nor should they when he’s actually got all of spring training to build up to season readiness.