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The former Whitney Young star has a chance to be only the second CPS player since 1989 to be selected in the first round.
Former Brewers pitchers Colin Rea and Shane Smith have found success in Chicago
Cubs notes: Matt Shaw’s defense and Shota Imanaga’s health are improving.
Pete Crow-Armstrong is the heir apparent at the top of the order, but the Cubs are in win-now mode.
Brown will start Tuesday against the Braves in the exhibition finale. He could get the nod to make his first start March 31 in Sacramento against the Athletics.
“Guys are battling various levels of jet lag,” Counsell said, less than 60 hours after returning from an eight-day trip to Japan.
Smith pitched three scoreless innings Saturday against the Dodgers and struck out Shohei Ohtani twice.
After struggling to cement a spot on the major-league roster the last two seasons, Sosa is making an impressive push with slightly more than two weeks left in spring training.
The Sox finished their dismal season with a major-league-low 133 home runs despite playing half their games in hitter-friendly Rate Field.
Five of his pitches were clocked at 97.8 mph or faster, and Taylor said this was the first time his fastball was clocked faster than 100 mph.