Chicago Cubs
MLB Opening Day 2021: Cubs roster projection with one week to opener
When the Cubs learned this week that promising young pitcher Adbert Alzolay has been granted a fourth minor-league option, it changed the Opening Day roster calculus on everything from how many pitchers they might keep to infielder Nico Hoerner’s status.
The primary impact of the arbitrator’s decision on Alzolay’s status is that it allows the kid with the shaky spring and least experience of anyone else in the pitching mix to get more work at the alternate site in April and possible Triple-A in May before joining a team that figures to need him at some point.
“He hasn’t had a lot of innings. That’s the main thing for us, to continue to monitor his innings and keep him healthy and on the development path,” manager David Ross said. “And, yeah, he is a guy that is really going to help us out.
“So balancing that with his development process, with how the roster shakes out, all that stuff comes into play.”
And the ripple effect will be felt all the way to the infield — and possibly the outfield — as those decisions for a 26-man roster shake out in the final seven days before the season opens at Wrigley Field against the Pirates on Thursday.
“Our roster decisions haven’t been made yet,” Ross said.
Cool.
We’ll make them for him and team president Jed Hoyer with one week to go before they open the season:
The primary impact of the arbitrator’s decision on Alzolay’s status is that it allows the kid with the shaky spring and least experience of anyone else in the pitching mix to get more work at the alternate site in April and possible Triple-A in May before joining a team that figures to need him at some point.
“He hasn’t had a lot of innings. That’s the main thing for us, to continue to monitor his innings and keep him healthy and on the development path,” manager David Ross said. “And, yeah, he is a guy that is really going to help us out.
“So balancing that with his development process, with how the roster shakes out, all that stuff comes into play.”
And the ripple effect will be felt all the way to the infield — and possibly the outfield — as those decisions for a 26-man roster shake out in the final seven days before the season opens at Wrigley Field against the Pirates on Thursday.
“Our roster decisions haven’t been made yet,” Ross said.
Cool.
We’ll make them for him and team president Jed Hoyer with one week to go before they open the season:
When the Cubs learned this week that promising young pitcher Adbert Alzolay has been granted a fourth minor-league option, it changed the Opening Day roster calculus on everything from how many pitchers they might keep to infielder Nico Hoerner’s status.
The primary impact of the arbitrator’s decision on Alzolay’s status is that it allows the kid with the shaky spring and least experience of anyone else in the pitching mix to get more work at the alternate site in April and possible Triple-A in May before joining a team that figures to need him at some point.
“He hasn’t had a lot of innings. That’s the main thing for us, to continue to monitor his innings and keep him healthy and on the development path,” manager David Ross said. “And, yeah, he is a guy that is really going to help us out.
“So balancing that with his development process, with how the roster shakes out, all that stuff comes into play.”
And the ripple effect will be felt all the way to the infield — and possibly the outfield — as those decisions for a 26-man roster shake out in the final seven days before the season opens at Wrigley Field against the Pirates on Thursday.
“Our roster decisions haven’t been made yet,” Ross said.
Cool.
We’ll make them for him and team president Jed Hoyer with one week to go before they open the season:
The primary impact of the arbitrator’s decision on Alzolay’s status is that it allows the kid with the shaky spring and least experience of anyone else in the pitching mix to get more work at the alternate site in April and possible Triple-A in May before joining a team that figures to need him at some point.
“He hasn’t had a lot of innings. That’s the main thing for us, to continue to monitor his innings and keep him healthy and on the development path,” manager David Ross said. “And, yeah, he is a guy that is really going to help us out.
“So balancing that with his development process, with how the roster shakes out, all that stuff comes into play.”
And the ripple effect will be felt all the way to the infield — and possibly the outfield — as those decisions for a 26-man roster shake out in the final seven days before the season opens at Wrigley Field against the Pirates on Thursday.
“Our roster decisions haven’t been made yet,” Ross said.
Cool.
We’ll make them for him and team president Jed Hoyer with one week to go before they open the season: