Baseball is back tomorrow, and so is OV’s erratic coverage of the 2021 Cubs season. Baseball has certainly been far from my mind since the weirdness that was the 2020 season. However, listening to the occasional radio broadcast during the spring has re-stoked some of that fan energy that I had forgotten I had.
For the rest of you who have been checked out this offseason, here’s the projected opening day roster:
- C: Willson Contreras
- 1B: Anthony Rizzo
- 2B: David Bote
- SS: Javier Baez
- 3B: Kris Bryant
- LF: Joc Pederson
- CF: Ian Happ
- RF: Jason Heyward
- SP: Cyle Hendricks
- SP: Jay Carrieta
- SP: Zach Davies
- SP: Trevor Williams
- SP: Adbert Alzolay
- CL: Craig Kimbrel
- B: Austin Romine*
- B: Matt Duffy
- B: Eric Sogard
- B: Jake Marisnick
- RP: Rowan Wick
- RP: Brandon Workman
- RP: Ryan Tepera
- RP: Dan Winkler
- RP: Alec Mills
- RP: Rex Brothers
- RP: Dillon Maples?