Pregame Notes: Chicago Cubs to face Mets in Las Vegas, Royals in Arizona
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Coming fresh off a solid, one run victory over the L.A. Dodgers yesterday afternoon at Cubs Park, the Cubs will split up as two squads, taking their annual trip to Las Vegas to face the New York Mets at 3:05 CT, meanwhile squaring off against the Kansas City Royals at the same time in Arizona.
For the Mets contest, the Cubs will send lefty Tsuyoshi Wada to Vegas for the start, looking to settle down a bit this spring after a rough first 3+ innings pitched. Even a good spring most likely won`t be enough for Wada to make the team, given the impending bullpen crunch.
Wada will face 40-year old Bartolo Colon, who has had a rough spring go of it so far, sporting a 6+ ERA. Spring Training stats are meaningless in most cases, so the Mets probably have nothing to worry about.
For the game in Arizona against Kansas City, Jeff Samardzija will take the bump, to be opposed by James Shields, the Royals` ace and a possible free-agent at the end of the year. Mike Olt will start at first base once again to face Shields, but will hopefully be getting in some games at third starting next week.
Don`t forget to tune into WGN at 3:05 CT for today`s Cubs-Mets game, as you won`t want to miss it. (hint, hint: Baez)
Here are the lineups for today`s affair in Sin City:
The Cubs:
#Cubs lineup for Las Vegas today: 2B Barney 3B Murphy DH Schierholtz 1B Rizzo RF Sweeney SS BAEZ LF McDonald C Whiteside CF Szczur
— baseball (@yeahbeisbol) March 15, 2014
And the Mets:
Mets Lineup @ Cubs: Young Jr. LF, Lagares CF, Wright 3B, Granderson RF, Brown DH, Campbell 1B, Flores 2B, d'Arnaud C, Quintanilla SS,
— Nelson Maldonado Jr. 🇸🇻 (@Nellyjr80) March 15, 2014
Here are the lineups for today`s game against the Royals (which will be on WGN Radio) The Cubs once again:
#Cubs vs. Royals: Lake CF, Roberts 2B, Castillo C, Ruggiano LF, Olt 1B, Valaika SS, Vitters DH, Jackson RF, Villanueva 3B, Samardzija P
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 15, 2014
And the talented young Royals:
#Royals lineup vs #Cubs: Dyson CF, Giavotella 2B, Hosmer 1B, Butler DH, Gordon LF, Perez C, Moustakas 3B, Maxwell RF, Donald SS; Shields P
— Patrick Au Yeung (@Cubs_sportsdesk) March 15, 2014
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