The big news for today is that the Chicago Cubs have finalized their Opening Day roster:
With lingering concerns over Brian Duensing‘s back spasms, the Cubs placed the reliever on the 10-day disabled list to start the season and will break camp with both outfielder Matt Szczur and infielder Tommy La Stella on their 25-man roster, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein announced Wednesday ahead of the team’s final spring game in Arizona.
This is bad news for Duensing, who should have been the second lefty out of the Cubs bullpen to complement Mike Montgomery, but obviously good news for both Szczur and La Stella.