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Cubs still wide open with leadoff spot in 2019: 'If somebody wants to take it, take it'

MESA, Ariz. — Rickey Henderson isn't coming through that door for the Cubs, no matter how much Joe Maddon would like it.

Dexter Fowler isn't, either.

Almost three years to the day since Fowler surprised everybody by walking onto the backfield at Cubs camp in Arizona, the Cubs are still searching for his replacement — a "you go, we go" presence atop the order.

The Cubs won't have just one guy in that spot in 2019, as Maddon will continue to mix and match with options atop the order.

It will again to come down to matchups, as Maddon pointed to how Ben Zobrist is a great fit against right-handed pitchers while Albert Almora Jr.