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Cubs left-hander Justin Steele estimated he spent an hour in an MRI machine Tuesday morning. But he said he was “happy” with the early results.
“There was no severe damage or anything like that,” Steele said of team orthopedist Dr. Stephen Gryzlo’s initial assessment of the southpaw’s sore left elbow. “It was just some inflammation that was kind of expected to be seen.”
The Cubs announced Monday that Steele would not be starting against the Pirates Tuesday as originally planned and right-hander Kyle Hendricks would be filling in.