Cole Hamels will be away from the Cubs for a few days as he takes paternity leave, but he’ll rejoin the team for his next scheduled start on Saturday. That frees up a roster spot for James Norwood, who has made one big-league appearance this season after tossing 11 innings for the Cubs last season.
Not a bad strategy to swap a starter for a reliever when the former wasn’t going to be needed over the course of a brief road trip. It’d be best for the Cubs to make Norwood superfluous by scoring a bunch of runs against all three Mets starters.