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Assad allowed two runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings in the Cubs’ 8-6 win. While he primarily relies on a cutter, sinker and four-seam fastball, his slider generates the type of swing and miss ...

Left-hander Justin Steele, who has been in the Cubs’ system with Assad since they signed him out of Mexico in 2015, was just as unsurprised as Mervis. “That’s Assad, baby,” Steele said.

Javier Assad threw a career-high seven innings in Friday night’s 6-2 win for the Chicago Cubs. The 26-year-old retired the last 10 batters he faced as he held Toronto to just one run and four hits.