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Rotation battle in focus: Keegan Thompson to bullpen, Kyle Hendricks schedules next rehab step

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Right-hander Keegan Thompson grabs his glove to head over to throw a bullpen Wednesday at Cubs Spring Training in Mesa, AZ.

MESA, ARIZ. – The highly-anticipated next step of Kyle Hendricks’ throwing program is less than a week away, he revealed Saturday. He is scheduled to throw off a mound next Friday.

“It’s been a long time,” Hendricks said Saturday. “But just this fun part of getting into the next phase, getting through this long toss program, still feeling good, taking advantage of all of it, and being able to look forward to touching the mound now, very excited for that stuff.