Up until last week’s injury news, Cubs prospect watchers had invested a lot of hope in Adbert Alzolay. So eager for him to make his major league debut, they just as well could have called him Adbert Ándale.
But a season that started with an unfortunate injury has now been ended by one. An ankle injury delayed his AAA debut and now a season-ending lat muscle strain has shelved him for the remainder of 2018. The moniker “One More Delay” Alzolay could be more fitting for this Godot of the Cubs farm system.
Evan Altman nicely covered how Alzolay’s injury could affect the Cubs’ rotation and bullpen depth the rest of the regular season, but the shelving also affects the front office’s playoff bullpen deliberations.