In an appearance on Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman's 'The Show' podcast, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer covered an array of topics, including the Jameson Taillon injury, the process of re-signing Cody Bellinger, expectations for MLB newcomer Shota Imanaga and much more - including the team's third base situation. Of course, the hope heading into the spring was that Christopher Morel, who has bounced around the diamond regularly in his young big league career, would seize the opportunity to be the everyday third baseman and run with it.
The Chicago Cubs will take on the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday at Mesa’s Sloan Park, and outfielder Cody Bellinger will make his spring debut.
Third base has been a question for the Chicago Cubs since the day that the team traded Kris Bryant to the San Francisco Giants during the 2021 season. After experiments with Nick Madrigal, Miles Mastrobuoni, and Patrick Wisdom at the position, new Cubs' manager Craig Counsell entered Spring Training this season with the goal of giving Christopher Morel a look at the position.
No | Player | P |
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25 | P | |
73 | P | |
72 | P | |
74 | P | |
28 | P | |
18 | P | |
45 | P | |
38 | P | |
43 | P | |
66 | P | |
51 | P | |
48 | P | |
11 | P | |
35 | P | |
50 | P | |
19 | P | |
36 | P |
No | Player | P |
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9 | C | |
15 | C |
No | Player | P |
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29 | 3B | |
2 | 2B | |
1 | 3B | |
20 | 3B | |
5 | 2B | |
7 | SS | |
16 | 3B |
No | Player | P |
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24 | CF | |
4 | CF | |
8 | LF | |
27 | RF | |
40 | CF |