Baseball has returned to South Bend. The Cubs’ alternate site this season, which is usually the home of the Cubs’ Single-A affiliate, welcomed a group of players to Four Winds Field on Tuesday.
South Bend Summer Camp is scheduled to start in earnest Wednesday, according to Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer.
Hoyer praised Cubs senior director of player development Matt Dorey and assistant director of baseball development Jeremy Farrell for their work setting up the South Bend site, as well as South Bend Cubs owner Andrew Berlin and president Joe Hart for “a really good job of catering to our every need.”
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Player housing is so close to the ballpark that, “players can literally walk from their room right down into the field,” Hoyer said. “I think that should be a really good setup for those guys.”
Throughout Summer Camp, the number of players at South Bend will increase. The Cubs originally assigned 11 players to the alternate site, but the club has 10 open spots in its 60-player pool. The Cubs will evaluate its depth before filling those spots.
The club also has to cut its Wrigley Field Summer Camp roster from 39 players down to 30 by Opening Day. Those who do not make the Opening Day roster will move to the alternate site.
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