John Antonoff/For the Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. – Cubs lefty Drew Smyly paused, and a bemused smile pulled at the corners of his mouth. He wasn’t quite sure what to say when presented with the possibility of his team beginning the season with four left-handers in the five-man rotation.
“If it was four righties, I don't think it would even be a conversation,” he said. “But four lefties, it's weird, right?”
He was right, no one would bat an eye at a righty-heavy rotation.