Odd to watch Hendricks go from masterful to ordinary. Cishek with 2.1 innings of shutout relief rewards Maddon for staying with his best reliever.
Jason Heyward with two hits puts a 3 for 55 slump on pause. Daniel Descalso goes 0-4 to extend his slump to 7-63. Schwarber goes 3-9 with 4 walks, 4 runs scored, 4 RBI's and a HR hitting leadoff this weekend. I imagine he'll continue in that role.
Cubs poking around Ken Giles - would imagine that is going to take a lot to get, he is back to looking like dominant Ken Giles again and has 2 more years of control. Everyone is saying the Blue Jays are in a hard sell mode, Stroman & Smoak being the most rumored so far.
Would love to get Giles with Morrow unlikely until August at the earliest - but would imagine there will be cheaper pieces they will go after.
Theo doesn't seem to believe in bullpens. Cubs have a bunch of triple A arms out there.
National League East is pretty tough this year. No juggernaut it appears but four decent teams and a couple of them could be really good IMO.
Schwarbers OBP makes a lot of sense in that leadoff role. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone like Donnie Dewees, Robel Garcia or even Nico get a shot at it in the next couple of years. Dewees is a COF, Robel and Nico are MIFs. Or even farther down, Ademan is coming back with a strong year - but likely at least 2 years away at this point.