Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 25, 2024
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. “I was hoping it was going to be good, because it's during a game.”