The Chicago Cubs will be without their No. 1 pitching prospect for at least a month after a diagnosis for his recent injury.
Cade Horton, who is considered one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, will miss at least a month after theThe 22-year-old right-hander will miss anywhere from 3-4 weeks as he recovers, and then will need time to build up to return to starting at Triple-A Iowa, where he was assigned earlier this season after a strong start at Double-A Tennessee.This is the first significant injury setback of Horton’s professional career.
But, in the nearly two years since his selection, he has rocketed up prospect boards. Per MLB Pipeline, Horton is the Cubs’ No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 17 prospect in baseball. MLB Pipeline projected him as a potential 2024 call-up for Chicago. He started this season with Tennessee, where he started four games and went 1-0 with a 1.10 ERA. He struck out 18 and walked two in 16.1 innings, which led the Cubs to promote him to Iowa in late April.
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