SURPRISE, Ariz. – Cubs manager David Ross had a few different versions prepared for when he delivered the news to Ethan Roberts that the reliever had made the Opening Day roster for the first time in his career
If Roberts had a bad outing, Ross was going to tell him on the mound as he took him out of the game: “I have good news and bad news. The bad news is you sucked today, the good news is you’re on the team.”
Ross didn’t get to use that one.
“This is like three different flavors of icing on top of my cake right now,” Roberts said after throwing a scoreless inning and learning he was breaking camp with the big-league team.