Cubs Pitcher Injury Updates: Stroman, Fulmer, Hughes, Boxberger, Burdi
All right. I won’t get ahead of myself, because there are still SO MANY more boxes to check before Marcus Stroman could be pitching in a game, let alone pitching WELL in an important big league Cubs game, but this is definitely a good news update.
With word that his check-in with the doctor went well and he continues to feel better, the plan is now to have Marcus Stroman actually throw a baseball. And not just very lightly playing catch, the plan is for him to play long toss today … er, actually, as I’m typing this, I see Bruce Levine reporting that Stroman already DID play long toss today. That’s a great step.
I want to start doing some calendar math, but I think I should still resist, because how could we possibly know what the recovery looks like, between throwing sessions, for a “rib cage cartilage fracture”? Until Stroman is throwing with high intent off of a mound, you really just can’t start counting the days forward to try to determine if there is enough time for him to return this season. We know he’s going to be working as hard as he can to get there, but it makes a huge difference if he’s off the mound early next week versus two weeks from now. For today, I’m just going to be happy that he’s throwing long toss. That seems pretty big to me.
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