With the Cubs battling injuries and illness, this feels like one of Joe Maddon‘s meatloaf lineups. Matt Duffy leads off in left, followed by Willson Contreras at catcher, and Anthony Rizzo at first base. Javy Báez is at short, David Bote is at third, Jason Heyward is in right, and Ildemaro Vargas handles the DH duties. Joc Pederson in center and Eric Sogard at second round out the lineup.
Zach Davies looked a lot more like himself in his last outing against Pittsburgh, though he’s still having a really difficult time missing bats.