You have to give the Cubs front office credit for staying true to trend, especially when it comes to loading up on inexpensive pitchers. Friday’s acquisition of righty Casey Sadler from the Dodgers in exchange for minor-league second baseman Clayton Daniel makes roughly 49 pitchers the Cubs have added since the end of the season. Unlike some of the other recent additions, however, Sadler takes up a spot on the 40-man roster.
The 29-year-old reliever got cups of coffee with the Pirates in 2014 and ’15, then missed all of 2016 with — you guessed it — Tommy John surgery.