The Cubs had to shuttle a few prospects over from the South Bend location in order to hold Wednesday’s scrimmage because six Wrigley-based players had not yet received results from their latest round of tests. David Ross and five other Tier 1 personnel were forced to miss a previous workout for the same reason, a mix of MLB’s testing flaws and holding early workouts.
Much of that will be alleviated soon because MLB is opening a second testing facility on the East Coast to supplement the converted PED lab in Utah. Regular season games being held primarily at night means even some minor delays won’t result in these snafus.