Chicago Cubs news and notes — Horton, Martin, Palencia, Wiggins

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Sources say that Riley Martin is heading to Chicago. Colin Rea and Ben Brown are the leading candidates to sub for Cade Horton, with southpaw middle/long man Martin standing in for one of them in the ’pen. Horton’s headed to Chicago. More below.

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Maybe he’ll be good enough to see some volleyball.

Game Results: Cubs 0, Guardians 0, rained out.Rescheduled for two today: 12:10 pm CT Game 1 start time. The projected starters for the first game are Edward Cabrera vs. Slade Cecconi.

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• Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Cubs must weather potential loss of budding ace Cade Horton (right forearm). “You take a pitcher out of the game in the second inning, you’re concerned,” Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.
• Jordan Bastian (MLB.com): Cubs weigh pitching options heading into twin bill after Saturday rainout. “Righty Edward Cabrera is slated to start Game 1 and lefty ***** Imanaga in Game 2, but any additional pitching moves are in a holding pattern.”
• Paul Niemiec (North Side Baseball): The Curse of Wade Davis: Can Daniel Palencia finally break Cubs’ Closer drought in 2026? “Nine years ago, Wade Davis saved 32 games in Chicago. The Cubs have not seen a 30-save season since.”
• Kyle Williams (Chicago Sun-Times {$}): Cubs rookie Moises Ballesteros learning he’ll have to ‘adjust back’ against major-league pitching. “Ballesteros is batting .158 after the first week of the season.”
• Kyle Williams {Chicago Sun-Times {$}): Cubs’ Carson Kelly hopes mechanical change leads to more consistency at the plate. ‘We’re always looking for consistency, right?’’ Kelly told the Sun-Times.
• Ryan Wilusz (Knoxville News Sentinel {$}): Chicago Cubs outfielder starts 2026 season with Knoxville Smokies. “His rehab start with the Smokies on April 3 began with a ground-ball single in the gap between second and third base.”
• Jim Callis (MLB.com*): Here’s where all of the Cubs’ Top 30 prospects will begin 2026 season. “Right-hander Jaxon Wiggins is by far the Cubs’ top pitching prospect and headlines a Triple-A Iowa roster with five of the system’s 10 best prospects.”

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