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Owen Caissie’s first Wrigley Field weekend as a Cub was nearly spent as nothing more than a spectator.
The team’s top prospect, who was summoned from Triple-A Iowa for his big league debut last Thursday in Toronto, didn’t see any action in the three-game series with the Pirates until a pinch-hit pop out in the seventh inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 win Sunday.
It hasn’t been that long since manager Craig Counsell talked about a desire to only promote young players if there were opportunities for regular playing time, and there didn’t figure to be much opportunity for Caissie to crack an outfield that boasts three All Stars, with middle-of-the-order bat Seiya Suzuki the Cubs’ regular designated hitter.