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NEW YORK – Cubs reliever José Cuas had never met Mets reliever Adam Ottavino before stepping foot in the veteran’s pitching lab in Harlem this offseason.
“It’s a perfect space,” Cuas said in a conversation with the Sun-Times. “A tunnel where you get to throw your bullpens, TrackMan, Rapsodo. All the analytical stuff you want, he has it.”
Cuas worked out at The Lab about twice a week over the offseason, preparing for his sophomore season in the big-leagues. He was with the Royals at the time and had no way of knowing right-hander Jameson Taillon, who he overlapped with for a couple sessions in The Lab, would become his teammate four months into the season.