Cubs News and Notes: Contreras and Rizzo homer vs. D-backs, Arrieta Day, Cubs trade, more |
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Check out the latest news, photos, and tidbits from spring training with the Cubbies with our latest edition of Cubs News and Notes. We will try to have this feature several times a week, so everyone gets a summary of what is happening regularly at Cubs camp. Let's get right to all the Cubs notes! Jake Arrieta made his spring debut on Sunday against the Diamondbacks and pitched two scoreless innings. Arrieta talked to the media after his outing about his motivation to be back with Cubs. "Does that mean I couldn’t have pitched somewhere else successfully? No," he said. "But it definitely doesn’t hurt to have guys like David in the dugout as my manager now, playing alongside KB, Rizzo and Javy and Hendricks. The list goes on." Two scoreless innings today from Jake! pic.twitter.com/N6ETvzQfFI
Cubs catcher Willson Contreras smacked a solo homer in the first inning to put the Cubs on the board early: A @WContreras40 solo shot gets us on the board early! pic.twitter.com/5196KUOBol
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo aka 'Tony 2 Chainz' smacked a two-run shot for his second homer of spring: Tony tater ?? pic.twitter.com/XQe6Edq0eu
Cubs announced a move on Sunday night trading pitcher Duane Underwood for a Pirates prospect: #Cubs trade Duane Underwood for first baseman: https://t.co/uqGsM6UErq pic.twitter.com/txhWyRWIzT
Veteran Eric Sogard continues to ramp up his spring training work: David Ross takes a seat to watch INF Eric Sogard take grounders at #Cubs camp this morning. #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/0kvh9qsf3b
The geese were hanging out in the outfield in the early innings: Cubs with an extra outfielder pic.twitter.com/g0WEO0cklw
Cubs reliever Andrew Chafin worked a scoreless inning with a beautiful mustache: It's all in the mustache. pic.twitter.com/SDG9TVwgX6
A few good pics from Sunday's contest: Play ball! pic.twitter.com/ak0d2Gkd6o
A four-part story ??? pic.twitter.com/xwXaDMhtK2
The Northsiders ended up losing 5-4 on Sunday: Final: Dbacks 5, Cubs 4. pic.twitter.com/m2ydCvdZnk
Check out Dustin's recap and three takeaways from the game: Three takeaways from #Cubs loss to Diamondbacks: https://t.co/Tnt9gMw62E pic.twitter.com/RRY5eCd94O
Cubs reliever Pedro Strop will have to isolate after being out at dinner on Friday night with an Indians player: Pedro Strop being held out of camp after violating COVID-19 protocols: https://t.co/rBvtdPcgrM pic.twitter.com/LsFkdQO7Sk
Jake Arrieta was asked about Strop having to isolate and missing time. "None of us are going to be mad at Pedro. It’s just a little slip-up. It’s a moment for us to realize that we need to take the protocols seriously and keep everybody as safe as possible so we can play all 162 this year." Davis Ross had the following comment about Strop missing time because of breaking COVID-19 protocol. “To be honest with you, it’s a good reminder that we need to continue to follow protocols. It’s easy to get into this environment and relax.” Old school photo of Ron Santo back in 1974 with the White Sox: The first to do it! Longtime @Cubs star Ron Santo played his 15th & final big-league season with the @Whitesox, in 1974. He was the1st player in @MLB to invoke his 10-5 rights, refused trade to Angels & was sent to #Whitesox. His @sabr bio https://t.co/TaZP7CmncK pic.twitter.com/XnS3vwOFuR
An interesting feature on agent Rachel Luba: Rachel Luba is changing the game as the youngest woman to be a certified agent in baseball today.
This past offseason, she helped negotiate Trevor Bauer’s record-setting contract ?? #womenshistorymonth @AgentRachelLuba @espnw pic.twitter.com/dRkt1ppJ7r
