Just as Matt Shaw isn’t Kris Bryant, Gage Workman is not Mike Olt. You may remember that Olt (cough, cough) was why Bryant started 2015 in the minors before returning nine games into the season and then being named the NL Rookie of the Year. The Cubs start the 2025 season in Tokyo next week, with Shaw but without Nico Hoerner. Workman could see some action as Chicago’s third baseman or manning the keystone when the North Siders face Dodgers aces Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Ru014dki Sasaki.
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