This represents the final scheduled off day for the Cubs in the Cactus League until the one right before Opening day, and by this time we’re expecting the starting rotation guys to be able to comfortably go five innings, and hoping that the hitters have better performances for the most part, small sample size be damned. There’s also the World Baseball Classic winding down, with the United States vs Cuba and Japan vs Mexico in the semifinal games before the championship is decided on Tuesday. We did talk a bit about the clock in the previous post and the nice thing was that Sunday’s game (on David Ross’ birthday) was done in a comparatively brisk two hours and 41 minutes, while I doubt any of the remaining WBC games clock in under 3.
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