I’m really worn out and hangry, so forgive me for openly bitching about Owen Caissie‘s absence right in the headline. The Cubs are up against a lefty, hence the rookie riding the pine for a second game in a row so Kyle Tucker can work his way back to something resembling a No. 2 hitter. But if Caissie and Michael Busch can be benched, and Pete Crow-Armstrong can be moved down, why does the team’s worst hitter over the last three-plus weeks need to keep batting second?
Maybe it’s because they’re facing a reverse-split lefty, in which case Craig Counsell should be loading up on left-handed hitters.