MESA, Arizona — Be honest now. All you want to talk about today anyway is Cody Bellinger.
The Cubs certainly didn’t give us anything to talk about, recording just three hits, all singles, in a 7-0 loss to an anonymous Padres team. San Diego didn’t bring any of their big names to Mesa for this afternoon’s contest, and still held Cubs regulars to just one hit by anyone who will be on the Opening Day roster (Yan Gomes in the fourth).
Javier Assad, who started, had a rough outing that was made worse by an error by Dansby Swanson on the first ball he touched in the field this spring.