I've been advocating for David Bote to replace Nick Madrigal on the Cubs 26-man active roster, and today it happened:
Cubs updates:
-David Bote selected from Iowa, Nick Madrigal optioned to Iowa, Adbert Alzolay moved to 60-day IL to make room for Bote on 40-man roster.
-Jordan Wicks starting with Iowa, Keegan Thompson and Daniel Palencia throwing with Iowa today too.— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) June 2, 2024Bote is batting .259/.342/.546 with seven home runs in 28 games and 108 at-bats at Triple-A Iowa this year. He's not likely to do anything spectacular, but he's got to be a better third baseman than Madrigal who is batting just .