Starlin Castro led the way for the Chicago Cubs 5-4 ugly win over the Mets Wednesday night at Wrigley Field. During the game news broke that former Cubs player and manager Don Zimmer had died and Thursday the team is ready to make the fourth pick in the MLB Draft.
Around the league: Matt Cain will return to the Giants’ rotation Friday, the Rays drop their ninth straight, and Mat Latos left a rehab start with a calf cramp.
Chicago Tribune: Cubs waiting on Astros to decide on 1st pick
Chicago Sun-Times: Cubs’ first-round pick in MLB Draft is no slam dunk
Daily Herald: Don Zimmer: With all due respect, a baseball man
ESPN Chicago: If pitchers are gone, Conforto could be pick
CSN Chicago: MLB Draft: Cubs running through options with No. 4 overall pick
NBC Sports: Matt Cain cleared to return to giants’ rotation Friday
CBS Sports: Solano, Marlins send Rays to ninth straight loss
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Emotional Carpenter nails down a win
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Different city, same score in Brewers’ loss to Twins
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pirates notebook: ‘Tired’ Walker gets a rest for Pirates
Cincinnati Enquirer: Mat Latos leaves rehab start with calf cramp
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