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The Rundown: Jason Hammel Not Expected to Go On DL, Donn Roach Designated for Assignment, Olt Reinstated from DL, Baez Cleared to Swing, Could Cubs Trade for Shields?

During the previous offseason, with both the Cubs and White Sox making a bunch of moves, I was envisioning some epic battles between two talented teams this year.

Well, the Cubs have panned out the way I hoped, but the Sox haven’t lived up to expectations thus far. But still, there is a ton more buzz surrounding this series than in the past few years. It’s nice to be excited about these games again (even if they don’t mean as much as games against, say, any other team in the NL Central).

Friday’s loss was more of the same from the Cubs offense, i.