It would be nice if the Cubs took more precaution with Guzman and Harden, though. How could they take more precautions with Harden? When they acquired him they talked about skipping starts and giving him extra time between outings while holding down his pitch count. Yet at the outset of this year they tried none of that, having him go every 5th day and steadily increasing his pitch count in the starts leading up to his injury. They shouldn't be sending Guzman out for multiple inning outings or too many back to back games. They should let Harden have 5-6 days between starts and maybe skip one rotation when there are off days to mix-in, and be ready to go to the bullpen once he gets into the mid-80's. All it takes is one extended at-bat to quickly push that to the mid-90's and 100+, which he can't handle.