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Opening Day roster: Cubs decide final bench and bullpen spots

John Antonoff/For the Sun-Times

Luke Little throws an inning during a Spring Training game at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, AZ. 02-24-2024. He was notified Sunday that he’d made the 2024 Opening Day roster.

MESA, Ariz. – Cubs manager Craig Counsell wasn’t waiting in the dugout to give rookie left-hander Luke Little a customary handshake when he came off the field Sunday. And after talking with the pitching coaches about his one-hit inning against the Mariners, Little was told Counsell wanted to see him.

“I was like, ‘This is either going to be good or bad,'” Little recounted Monday.