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Cubs Pitcher Cade Horton to Undergo Season-Ending Elbow Surgery
The Cubs will lose a 24-year-old starter who posted a 2.67 ERA last season after a torn ulnar collateral ligament was found.
- Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced Tuesday that starting pitcher Cade Horton will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
- Horton, 24, left his second start of the 2026 season against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday after throwing only 17 pitches due to discomfort that spread from his wrist to his forearm.
- The 2025 National League Rookie of the Year runner-up previously underwent Tommy John surgery in 2021 before his freshman year at Oklahoma, marking this as his second UCL procedure.
- With Horton sidelined, the Cubs recalled pitcher Riley Martin to the roster, while Counsell looks to rotation depth options like Javier Assad and Colin Rea to cover the innings.
- The team is counting on the return of lefty Justin Steele from his own 2025 elbow surgery to bolster a rotation eyeing World Series aspirations, with Steele expected back by May.
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