WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor.
Rain delay theater before the ball game, as Javier Assad and rookie Jared Jones prepared to duel. The Pirates are only a few games under .500, which is better than expected.
There’s some roster intrigue, as always, with Jameson Taillon having a balky back and Kyle Hendricks rehabbing, Dansby Swanson resting his knee for ten days, and Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki coming back from their maladies.