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The Cubs have talked a lot the past few years about getting veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks back to himself. And for the length of last season, after Hendricks returned from an 11-months recovery from a shoulder injury, they succeeded.
That vintage performance didn’t carry over to this season. And on Tuesday, manager Craig Counsell announced that Hendricks was moving to the bullpen for at least one turn through the rotation.
“Our pitching is precarious enough right now that committing to anything long term – we are going day by day with a lot of this right now,” Counsell said.