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Cubs’ David Ross on Kyle Schwarber DHing: ‘He’s ready to do whatever I ask’

Kyle Schwarber has done and seen it all since the Cubs drafted him with the No. 4 pick in the 2014 draft.

Well, not “all.” But a lot.

He parked a baseball atop the right-field scoreboard at Wrigley Field during the 2015 playoffs, the most memorable moment in a spectacular break-in to the big leagues.

He suffered a devastating knee injury that cost him nearly all of 2016.

A leadoff assignment gone haywire led to his demotion to Class AAA Iowa in 2017.

Over five full or partial seasons in the majors, Schwarber, 27, has established himself as an everyday offensive threat.