SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — I had intended to head to Mesa Tuesday afternoon. The Cubs big-league squad has the day off, but Kyle Hendricks was scheduled to throw in a minor-league game against Angels farmhands.
That is, until this happened:
Kyle Hendricks scratched from today's minor league game start due to strep throat. will play catch, perhaps throw bullpen.
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) March 20, 2018
This shouldn’t be serious:
And that leads me into this: The shuffling of a couple of starters over the weekend with the split-squad games lines everyone up perfectly for Opening Day.