The Latest Breaking News from Justin Steele

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Cubs starting pitcher Justin Steele to have elbow surgery. He experienced tightness in his elbow a week ago.

“He came as advertised,” pitching coach Tommy Hottovy said. “Very intelligent, on top of a lot of different things, has got some very refreshing ways of thinking about things, but also keeps things very simple.”

Steele finished fifth in NL Cy Young voting.

The MLBPA revealed the winners of the Players Choice Awards on Thursday.

It might take all 162 games of the long Major League Baseball season to decide the playoff races in both the National League and American League

The Braves took the lead on Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki’s two-out error in the eighth inning. The Cubs dropped a game behind the Diamondbacks in the battle for the second wild-card spot and saw their lead over the Marlins for the third and final spot cut to a half-game.

The Cubs have six games left in the regular season, split between Atlanta and Milwaukee.

Steele has been charged with six runs in each of his last two starts.