Kris Bryant could’ve started Sunday’s series finale. Joe Maddon stressed if the stakes were higher, Bryant would’ve been in the lineup.
But since it was just a game in August, Maddon chose to give Bryant the day off.
“He’s got a little bit of like a knee thing going on that I’m just being aware of,” Maddon said. “He’s fine. Playoffs? Yeah, he’s playing today. But I just, I’m watching him and I’m talking to him, I thought it would be the perfect day to give to him today.”
Without Bryant, the Cubs moved David Bote to third and Tony Kemp started at second, whom Maddon wanted to get into the lineup against the Brewers’ Adrian Houser.