New York stories: José Cuas’ offseason work in Adam Ottavino’s lab shows up in Queens

The Cubs acquired reliever José Cuas from the Royals before the trade deadline. File photo. (Getty)

NEW YORK – Cubs reliever José Cuas had never met Mets reliever Adam Ottavino before stepping foot in the veteran’s pitching lab in Harlem this offseason.

“It’s a perfect space,” Cuas said in a conversation with the Sun-Times. “A tunnel where you get to throw your bullpens, TrackMan, Rapsodo. All the analytical stuff you want, he has it.”