A look at the top Cubs storylines at the midpoint of the 2022 season.
Emerging cornerstone
It was an up-and-down first half for Seiya Suzuki and Marcus Stroman, the Cubs’ two biggest offseason acquisitions. Stroman, who’s talked this season about struggling to find his rhythm following the abbreviated spring training, was inconsistent in April before a good May. Summing up the issues was eighty percent of their expected Opening Day rotation either being on the injured list or otherwise unavailable .Miley, who missed a month with a shoulder strain, exited his return start June 10 after three innings with the same issue.Suzuki was also on the IL with his finger injury.Manager David Ross called Christopher Morel “dynamic” when the Cubs promoted him from Double-A in May. The 23-year-old has been as advertised.
Justin Steele and Keegan Thompson held down the rotation amid all its injuries and are coming into their own as big-league starters.
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