Kyle Schwarber catching again is a good step for a banged-up Cubs team

World Series MVP Ben Zobrist (stiff neck) hasn't played in a Cactus League game in almost a week. All-Star shortstop Addison Russell (stiff back) became a late scratch to Friday's lineup at Sloan Park. On the other side of the spring-training complex in Mesa away from the crowd of 15,473 in a minor-league game against a Colorado Rockies squad the Cubs did get a positive piece of news on the health front: Kyle Schwarber went four innings behind the plate, going Tony Pena style and trying to reduce the stress on his body.