Cubs' Horton Out for Season with Elbow Surgery

0:00It's April 7. This is MLB News Today, powered by AI tracking teams, players, and standings. Bad news out of Chicago folks. Cade Horton, the Cubs rising star pitcher, has damaged in his right elbow that means season ending surgery. Manager Craig Council dropped that update on Tuesday, sidelining the 22-year-old Ace for the rest of the year. It all went down last Friday when Horton left his start against Cleveland in the second inning, with forearm discomfort. The team put him on the 15-day injured list at Sunday, and he got checked out by their docs on Monday. This hits hard for the Cubs rotation, already banged up early in the season. Opening day guy Matthew Boyd landed on the I.L. with a left bicep strain, though they hope he misses just the minimum time. Meanwhile, lefty Justin Steele is still working back from elbow surgery he had last April, aiming for a return sometime in the first half of the year. The Cubs staff has some patching to do now. And they've got depth to lean on while these arms heal up.

1:02Keep an eye on how they shuffle things moving forward.