PT TOMORROW: NL Central—Ian Happ heating up in Iowa

Chicago Cubs

The Cubs have relied on a combination of David Bote (2B/3B, CHC), Ben Zobrist (2B/OF, CHC), and Daniel Descalso (2B/3B, CHC) at second base, and the results have been an uninspiring OPS of .669. While both Bote and Descalso have played well to begin the season, Bote has also been used quite a bit at third base, while Descalso exited Saturday’s game with an ankle injury and was not in Sunday’s starting lineup. Meanwhile, the team has given more frequent days off to Zobrist and his bat is starting to look like what would be expected of a player in their age 38 season (61 HctX, 43 xPX). The seeming lack of clarity at the position could result in either Addison Russell (2B/SS, CHC) or Ian Happ (2B/OF, CHC) taking hold of...

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