MILWAUKEE – Anyone who didn’t know how seriously the Cubs are taking their most significant week of baseball since October might get a couple of eye openers if they haven’t been watching the last few days.
Shortstop Addison Russell and reliever Carl Edwards Jr. – both important World Series players for this team – were demoted to the minors before the team left San Francisco this week.
And as the Cubs on Friday open a six-game road stretch against the Brewers and Cardinals with a 7:10 pm. game in Milwaukee, switch-hitting Ian Happ rejoins the team for the first time this season – five days ahead of the trade deadline.