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- Updated: August 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES — John Lackey will throw a bullpen session on Monday and will need at least one more side session before he will be inserted back into the Cubs’ rotation. Lackey is on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain, and could be ready by the end of the next homestand or the start of the club’s next road trip on Sept. 5 against the Brewers.
“He’s doing well,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of the right-hander.
Would the Cubs consider a six-man rotation to give everyone a built-in breather? Maddon said he’s not opposed to that.
“To do anything we possibly can to conserve our arms at the end of the year I think is important,” Maddon said. “The biggest trick is to get the sixth guy who …
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