MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chicago Cubs rookie Cade Horton won’t pitch in the NL Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers as he recovers from a rib fracture that sent him on the injured list during the regular season’s final week.

Cubs manager Craig Counsell made that announcement Friday, the day before his team begins the best-of-5 series in Milwaukee.

“We’re encouraging healing right now, so we’re not doing anything that would cause pain,” Counsell said. “We haven’t pushed him to a place that we would test that. I think as we get into later this week, we’re going to have to decide if it’s time to do that, and that decision has not been made yet.”

The 24-year-old Horton has gone 11-4 with a 2.67 ERA in 23 appearances, making him a Rookie of the Year contender. The Cubs selected him out of O

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