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ST. LOUIS – As the Cubs discussed their options for rescheduling Shota Imanaga’s start, after a rainout Friday, they of course were weighing the rotation implications for the coming week. But they also were looking much further ahead.
“We’ve been kind of spitballing when would be a good time to get Shota a little bit of a break with the workload,” pitching coach Tommy Hottovy told the Sun-Times. “And then when we found out that there was no doubleheader [this weekend], we started thinking about, OK, this is probably a really good opportunity to buy some extra days for some guys.