the toughest lesson was that the umpires are painfully inconsistent and the worst possible time. There is no reason for this given the technology available. The game changed on the blown strike three call. I know "it's part of the game" and teams have to be able to overcome bad calls. But it doesn't have to be this way.
If he's not going to throw until after the season is over (could mean October or it could mean February or any time in between) then he's shut down. I suppose the Cubs bear no responsibility to give accurate information to the public, but this is not a minor setback in a rehab assignment. He hasn't pitched for months and when he tried he either re-injured himself or another injury was diagnosed.
We will have to wait and see what happens in the offseason.
So which is it? a lat strain and rotator cuff injury are not the same. On the last page, it said he had a subscapularis strain, which for a pitcher is almost as bad as it gets. If it's a lat strain that is completely different.
I don't know about any of it, but I saw the tandem dive for like two minutes, and the Chinese tandem looked like a slightly blurred version of one person to me. It was incredible.