How will Cubs respond to Cade Horton’s season-ending injury?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Cade Horton's season-ending injury on the Cubs and their rotation plans, including the evaluation of Lucas Giolito.

This is devastating news for Horton, who will need a major procedure on his right elbow, which will sideline one of the sport’s best young pitchers for the rest of the year. As the Cubs absorb this information, The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney describe the scene in the clubhouse and outline the updated plans for the rotation. One name involved in this discussion is Lucas Giolito, who’s still out there as a free agent. How is the club evaluating Giolito right now? North Side Territory breaks down all the angles to this big story. Use our code TERRITORY10 for 10% off your next SeatGeek order* seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Sahadev Sharma, Patrick Mooney

Topics covered

• Cade Horton injury
• Cubs rotation
• Lucas Giolito
• baseball news
• Cubs clubhouse

Keywords

• Cade Horton
• Cubs
• injury
• rotation
• Lucas Giolito
• baseball
• The Athletic

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Organizations: The Athletic

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