The road back to Chicago has been a long and winding one for Cubs reliever Rowan Wick. After getting back on the mound in a big-league game for the first time in nearly a year on Tuesday, his recovery is one of the more unusual ones you’ll hear about.
“It’s really good to be back here and feeling like I can contribute,” Wick said before Wednesday’s game. “Watching from a distance kind of stinks. It’s good to be back and see some faces.”
Wick entered this season as a high-leverage option in the Cubs’ bullpen, but after the intercostal/left oblique injury that put him on the injured list in September 2020 returned in spring training, his return was anything but guaranteed.