After last night’s hose-job with the delays and postponement, not to mention facing Max Scherzer in the makeup, you probably already knew Joe Maddon would roll an interesting lineup. But who knows, maybe the Cubs make some big things happen.
Daniel Murphy leads off at second, Tommy La Stella plays third, and Anthony Rizzo maintains his familiar station. Ben Zobrist cleans up in right, Albert Almora Jr. bats fifth in center, and Willson Contreras is catching. Addison Russell is at short and Ian Happ handles left and bats ninth.
I can’t for the life of me understand why Almora is in the heart of the order against one of the best righties in the game or why Contreras is in there at all, which means both will make me look silly for doubting them.