Cubs get terrible update on Cade Horton amid forearm injury
This isn't the update the Cubs were hoping for at all.
Cubs get terrible update on Cade Horton amid forearm injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Chicago Cubs are 4-6 to begin the 2026 MLB season, but things are going a lot worse than the record indicates.
Matthew Boyd landed on the injured list not long after Cade Horton was also placed on the IL a few days prior. But, while Boyd might return soon, the same doesn't look to be the case with Horton. According to David Kaplan of ESPN , Horton's MRI results did not come back clean.
Jesse Rogers of ESPN reported that this issue is trending in the wrong direction, some terrible news for Horton and the Cubs. Cubs get terrible news on Cade Horton "Breaking News** Per @JesseRogersESPN on Kap and JHood on @Espn1000 Cubs starter Cade Horton will visit Dr. Keith Meister in Texas today after his MRI.
was not clean and not good. Trending down a bad path," Kaplan reports. This is a brutal update for the Cubs, as Horton's injury to his forearm looks to be a bit more serious than initially thought.