CHGO Cubs Weekly: How will the Cubs work through Justin Steele's IL stint?

April 1, 2024

Mar 28, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Justin Steele (35) and catcher Yan Gomes (15) walk off the field after Steele suffers an injury during the fifth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

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Opening Day was brutal, and not only because of the Cubs' extra-inning loss to the Rangers.

In his first Opening Day start, Justin Steele was in the middle of delivering the kind of outing his team needed against the reigning World Series champs: one run, three hits, a walk and six strikeouts through 4/2 innings.

But in making that second out in the bottom of the fifth — on a pretty impressive play, no doubt — Steele went down with what was later diagnosed as a left hamstring strain.

The Cubs placed him on the 15-day injured list Saturday (r...