Cubs designate OF Matt Szczur for assignment … Recall LHP Rob Zastryzny from Triple-A Iowa The Cubs made two roster moves prior to Saturday’s embarrassing loss to the New York Yankees. The Cubs recalled LHP Rob Zastryzny from Triple-A Iowa. To make room on the active roster for Zastryzny, OF Matt Szczur was designated for assignment. The Cubs 40-man roster was reduced to 38 players, and for Saturday’s game the active 25-man roster had 14 pitchers (five starters, nine relievers) and 11 … [Read more...]
The Daily CCO: NLCS is a Best-of-Three Series, Szczur’s Wonder Bat, Edwards Jr. Update and Cubs News
The Cubs evened the National League Championship Series (2-2) with the 10-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4. The NLCS is now a best-of-three series with two of the three games at Wrigley Field. Game 5 is Thursday night (7:08pm CDT) at Dodger Stadium with Jon Lester taking on Kenta Maeda. The winner of the National League Pennant will take on the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. The Indians beat the Blue Jays on Wednesday to advance to the Fall Classic for the first time since … [Read more...]