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Cubs manager Craig Counsell made that announcement Friday, the
day before his team begins the best-of-5 series in Milwaukee.
“We’re encouraging healing right now, so we’re not doing
anything that would cause pain,” Counsell said. “We haven’t
pushed him to a place that we would test that. I think as we get
into later this week, we’re going to have to decide if it’s time
to do that, and that decision has not been made yet.”
The 24-year-old Horton has gone 11-4 with a 2.67 ERA in 23
appearances, making him a Rookie of the Year contender. The Cubs
selected him out of Oklahoma with the seventh overall pick in
the 2022 amateur draft.
Horton was placed on the 15-day injured list retroactive to
Sept. 25 and missed the Cubs’ NL Wild Card Series victory over
the San Diego Padres.
He last pitched Sept. 23 and left that game with back tightness.
Counsell had indicated Horton was sick after his start before
that one, causing problems with his back and ribs.
The Cubs haven’t announced their Game 1 pitching plans for this
series. The Brewers are starting All-Star Freddy Peralta, who
went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA during the regular season.
“I think we’re going into this with a couple plans,” Counsell
said. “We’re going to let everybody throw today and then make a
decision after that. But we’ve definitely got what we’d prefer
to do.”
Milwaukee also is missing one of its top starting pitchers.
Two-time All-Star Brandon Woodruff is sidelined by a lat strain.
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