Cubs manager Craig Counsell is navigating a pitching injury crisis

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed the Cubs' string of pitching injuries.

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0:00.0	Spiegel and home show flashback, flashback, flashback.
0:03.7	Craig, how are you?
0:07.5	Good. How are you guys?
0:08.5	We are doing all right.
0:09.6	We are doing all right.
0:10.6	I feel like I might have to nickname you McGuiver.
0:19.8	Swel down.
0:20.9	McGruber,
0:21.5	McGruber, maybe?
0:23.5	No, he's got a McGuiver this thing.
0:25.6	McGruber messes everything up.
0:27.0	Yeah, he makes it all worse.
0:27.8	McGruber!
0:28.8	That's true, that's a problem.
0:30.0	Ten seconds, McGruber.
0:32.0	So anyway, I was thinking about this thing with my childhood.
0:36.8	McGruber!
0:38.3	So, Craig is having to do a lot of work
0:41.2	because things are not going great
0:43.7	from an injury standpoint for the Cubs.
0:45.9	Now we know Porter Hodge is out for the year.
0:48.2	That's closer-capable arm.
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