Aside from the usual hoopla about whether Kris Bryant, who seems to hit another home run every day, will break camp with the team and whether the Cubs will carry three catchers, there has been little noteworthy coming from spring training, at least little noteworthy for those connoisseurs of Cubness. At least not until today.
Today Edwin Jackson managed to get lost on the way to the ballpark for his scheduled start against the Athletics. Unfortunately, he found his way eventually. He took the field in the second inning and proceeded to surrender eight runs in an inning and two-thirds. Jackson has been unimaginably awful throughout his stint with the Cubs. I feel sorry for him, as he was once an occasionally effective starter. The Cubs are thinking of carrying thirteen pitchers through April, which is a really bad idea in general and a positively unthinkable idea if the thirteenth is Jackson.
The Cubs have a lot of guys in camp who deserve to make the team. That includes Bryant and Castillo. So, with three catchers and thirteen pitchers, that leaves spots for only nine position players. In others words, two guys on the bench. That cannot work out well even in April, so there needs to be some rethinking there, especially as Maddon is known for mixing up his lineups.
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