From the news-that-probably-shouldn’t-surprise-anyone department: Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini will be paired again as Cubs battery mates in 2020.
No. 1 catcher Willson Contreras let the cat out of the bag Monday, when manager David Ross just so happened to be removed from the scene at Wrigley Field as he awaited delayed results from COVID-19 testing done two days earlier.
“We talked about it a few days ago, and Victor is catching Darvish because there are only 60 games and Darvish did really well with Victor last year,” Contreras said on a video conference with reporters.
“That’s one thing I don’t mind.