John Antonoff / For the Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. – Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga told teammate Seiya Suzuki that he’d only throw him fastballs in live batting practice Wednesday.
“But once he gets out there, he looks bigger,” Imanaga said through an interpreter. “And I don’t want to lose him. So I lied to him; I threw breaking balls too.”
The live batting practice session was Imanaga’s first as a Cub.