Cubs 'biggest regret' involves risky rotation plan amid Cade Horton news
This hasn't worked out like the Cubs were hoping for this season.
Cubs 'biggest regret' involves risky rotation plan amid Cade Horton news originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Chicago Cubs are in last place in the NL Central through the first two weeks of the regular season, though they're 6-6 and only two games behind first place.
It's too early to panic about the Cubs in the division standings, but there is a real reason to panic about the future of the team. Following Cade Horton's season-ending injury news, the Cubs rotation looks to be falling apart. Their high-ceiling, low-floor rotation was a big risk, and as Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report points out, this risky plan might be the Cubs' "biggest regret" from this past offseason amid the Horton news and the other rotation issues affecting the team already.
Cubs' risky rotation plan already coming back to bite them "Chicago Cubs: Rolling the dice on too many starters," Kelly writes. "The rotation that the Cubs entered the season with - Matthew Boyd, Cade Horton, Shota Imanaga, Edward Cabrera, and Jameson Taillon - had a high ceiling but also a low floor. " Unfortunately for the Cubs, their risky rotation looks to be headed towards an end-of-season result closer to that low floor than the high ceiling.
Horton is done for the season after just two starts, one of which went one inning. That's not all, Boyd is also on the injured list, though his strained left biceps fortunately doesn't seem to be a long-term problem. Imanaga, on the other hand, is struggling a bit.