The Cubs hope Adbert Alzolay will be wiser once he returns from a lat injury and shows he’s ready for the major leagues.
“I wouldn’t say at this time, but close,” Jason McLeod, the Cubs’ senior vice president of scouting/player development, said Thursday.
Alzolay, 23, currently is recovering from an injury suffered May 29 after pitching four hitless innings for Triple-A Iowa.
Prior to Alzolay’s last outing, he had allowed 14 earned runs in his previous three starts, which led to some overanalyzing.
‘With his mindset and makeup, he was trying to dissect what happened and work harder,” McLeod said. “We have to ramp him down sometimes. No one likes to get beat around.”
Alzolay is 2-4 with a 4.76 ERA in eight starts.
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