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Alzolay, Leiter and Merryweather return with the determination to remain healthy and effective through an entire regular season and help attain a National League playoff avert that seemed a lock until their swoon.
This offseason, several Cubs pitchers honed new splitters, and the team signed established hurlers who already threw the pitch.
Some guys who will be a big part of the team’s future put together a late-inning rally.
The Cubs need to make room on the 40-man roster — and the likely move appears to be dealing away a pitcher.
President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer tried to turn the conversation to the current roster, but the question of where Cody Bellinger will land still loomed.