Jason Heyward leads off in center, Nicholas Castellanos is in right, Kris Bryant is at third, and Anthony Rizzo is at first. Javy Báez mans short, Kyle Schwarber is in left, Ian Happ is at second, and Victor Caratini is behind the plate with his most frequent battery-mate.
They’ll be facing Dereck Rodriguez, aka Son of Pudge, who’s making just this fourth start since May 10. The 27-year-old righty has bounced between the bullpen and the rotation while also shuttling between Triple-A and the bigs as the result of his uninspired performance this season.
His choice in tattoos is quite inspired, though, as evidenced by the portrait of Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman on his left forearm.