A glut of starting pitchers will likely prevent 24-year-old right-hander Kyle Hendricks from landing a spot in the Cubs rotation out of spring training, the Chicago Tribune has speculated.
Hendricks is well behind several veterans on the depth chart, including Jake Arrieta, Jason Hammel and James McDonald. But he did show his promise in 2013 at Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa with a 13-4 record and 2.00 ERA.
He will probably open the year at Iowa, for which he pitched just 40 innings last year.