Take it from Drew Smyly: “All lefties kind of stick together and gravitate towards each other. I don’t know why. Everyone calls this weird. But there’s some secret recognition lefty to lefty.”
A week ago, the lefties in the Cubs’ starting rotation outnumbered the right-handers. On Tuesday, when southpaw Justin Steele took the mound in an 8-7 victory over the Brewers, he was the only healthy left-handed starter left.
