The good news so far on the Cubs‘ trip to the West Coast is that they’ve seen injured regular Jason Heyward and semi-regular Jake Marisnick return to the lineup. Assuming Javier Baez’ injuries only end up having him down for a couple of days and not requiring his own IL stint, and that whatever happened with Adbert Alzolay last night isn’t serious, the Cubs’ overall health level is starting to improve. The Cubs did quite well in May despite a rash of injuries, often to key players.
The bad news is that they’ve now lost four of the first five games on their trip west and still have Yu Darvish on the agenda, which is not to look past tonight’s starter Dinelson Lamet who is a pretty talented pitcher in his own right (and who is still also being limited due to his own past injuries).