By cutting the roster by seven players Monday, the Cubs crept just a little bit closer to playing some meaningful baseball. Dan Vogelbach, Eric Jokisch, and Andury Acevedo were optioned to AAA and Duane Underwood, Jack Leathersich, Jonathan Pettibone, and Armando Rivero were reassigned to minor league camp.
None of the moves is earth-shattering and this isn’t some kind of unexpected harbinger, but it is a sign that things are starting to come into focus for the Cubs in Mesa. Then again, the roster is still more than double what they’ll break camp with next month. Wait, so what does this mean again?