Best of the Cubs: Justin Steele suffers a concerning setback in injury rehab
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So drive one home today. Visit Toyota.com for deals and local inventory. Or stop by your Toyota dealer to find out more. let's go places so justin went to um visit dr meister today uh in in texas he had not been feeling good over the course of the week and finally felt something throwing this past weekend um so he's been diagnosed with a flexor strain uh basically going to reevaluate it in a month. So it's a setback. There's no question about it. And it's going to lengthen his return to play. That was Craig Council on Tuesday with our afternoon show, Spiegel and Holmes. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And we already had discussed about how this might change the Cubs' plans at the trade deadline.
For how long would Justin Steele be out when we thought that May or June, as he put it, would have been the original deadline? timetable for a return and that is not happening now so when you're not even re-evaluated for a month that means you've got to stop all activity that by itself Marshall was not great Going back to yesterday, when we got this news and I started hearing what people were saying, specifically Craig Council, which you just heard, it was like, I think we all need to get comfortable with the idea that Justin Steele may not have an impact on this roster this season because no one's healthy until they're healthy. And he seems like he's a ways away from being healthy. Well, and then there was the tweet that he posted.
And Justin Steele is no stranger to Twitter. You know, he cheers on his teammates. He's talked about injuries on Twitter before. But this one... Cue up the Tom Rinaldi sad piano, because this is... It was bleak to read. This is at 1.14 p.m. yesterday. Well, this is obviously frustrating on many levels. It's hard to put into words the emotions and mental state that something like this can leave you in, nor do I want to really. I just know I have given 100% and have done everything that's been asked of me. And at the end of the day, that's all I can do. But sometimes, or some things, just can't be explained. For lack of a better term, blank, redacted, can't say it on the air, just happens sometimes. In the same breath, I also know that I'm one of the best pitchers on this planet and that I will get back to that and even better.
There has never been a backup plan. It has always been baseball and it will remain that way. That's where I start to get worried when you're talking about a backup plan. God hasn't dealt me anything I can't handle. God saves as tough as battles for his strongest soldiers. God and his son, Jesus Christ, have my back. And at the end of the day, that's all I need. I also want to say thank you to everyone who has shown their concern and who has reached out. It really means more than you know. Truly a blessing to have the support. Miss being with the guys every day. Miss all of it. And I will get back to it. I know we added the sad piano in there for dramatic emphasis, but when you guys were reading this, going around the horn here, did you feel any other way other than sad piano when you read this?
I think I felt sad piano in the first half of the statement. Everything Ray talks about, you know, the blank expletive just happens sometimes. He's right about that.
What setback did Justin Steele experience during his rehab?
But I'll say this, after that, when he starts talking about in the same breath, it kind of shifts the mood of the tweet itself to being a way for him to talk about the fact that baseball is all he's ever known, it's all he cares about, and that's what he's going to do, there is no backup plan.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:22
2
What setback did Justin Steele experience during his rehab?
4:22–7:15
3
How did Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy respond to Steele's injury?
7:15–9:02
4
What concerns are raised about Justin Steele's impact on the Cubs' season?
9:02–12:18
5
What insights were shared about Ben Brown's versatility on the mound?
12:18–23:39
6
How is the Cubs' bullpen adjusting to player injuries this season?
23:39–30:48
7
What strategies are being discussed for managing player injuries?
30:48–33:49
8
How do the Cubs plan to address their pitching depth moving forward?
33:49–35:27
Speakers
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