With Chicago Cubs right-hander Javier Assad currently dealing with a left-oblique injury, right-hander Colin Rea could become the favorite to win the fifth spot in the Opening Day starting rotation.

The Cubs are set to start the season with a pair of games against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo, on March 18 and 19. As Ryan Baker reports from Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona, Rea pitched in ...

Cubs pitchers and catchers were on day two ahead of Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona on Monday, and were slowly, but surely ...