Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks, right, walks to the dugout with catcher Miguel Amaya before a Cactus League game against the Diamondbacks on March 8, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. With 18 days remaining until opening day, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox are about to enter the dog days of spring training, during wich dead arms tend to occur and players start getting antsy for the regular season.
After his first spring start last week, Kopech said his goal is to win games “every time I take the ball” but also “to make 30-plus starts and be over that 180-inning threshold that was kind of a goal of mine last year that I felt quite a bit short on.” No Cubs starter threw 200 innings in the four years under manager David Ross, which included the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The last Cubs starter with 200 or more innings was Jon Lester, who finished with 202 2/3 in 32 starts in 2016.“Look, for starters, it’s always been like 30 starts, 200 innings,” Counsell said. “My goal for Kyle is plus-30 starts.
Cease, scheduled to be the Sox’s opening-day starter on March 28 against the Detroit Tigers, has handled his situation well and continues his preparation as if it is a normal spring. The uncertainty has not affected Cease, and he didn’t even mind talking about it for the umpteenth time. And if we’ve learned anything from the shortened spring of 2022 caused by the winter lockout, it’s that hitters don’t really need 4 1/2 weeks of spring training games to get ready. The games are basically for getting pitchers stretched out, and many teams hold back their expected starters until the second week these days.
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