Impact McKinstry is 1-for-14 with six strikeouts through his first five games with Chicago and will head to the bench Sunday. Nick Madrigal will start at the keystone in the series finale versus Miami.
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Zach McKinstry - Out of Sunday's lineup McKinstry is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Rafael Ortega - Not starting Sunday Ortega is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Impact Ortega is 5-for-15 with a double, two walks and a run through four games in August and will take a seat for the series finale. He started the past two games in center field, but Nelson Velazquez will receive the nod Sunday.
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Christopher Morel - Held out of Sunday's lineup Morel (hamstring) is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Impact The 23-year-old exited Saturday's contest with right hamstring tightness and will be out of the starting nine for at least one game. Nelson Velazquez will start in center field while Nick Madrigal is at the keystone for Chicago, and it's unclear if Morel will be available off the bench Sunday.
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Cubs take on the Marlins on home winning streak
The Chicago Cubs, on a five-game home winning streak, host the Miami Marlins1 DAY AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nico Hoerner - Three hits, steal in win Hoerner went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's victory over Miami.
Impact All three hits were singles, but Hoerner grabbed an extra bag in the second inning against the battery of Pablo Lopez and Nick Fortes, his 12th steal this season. While he doesn't provide a ton of pop, the stolen bases and high batting average (.298) make Hoerner appealing in a variety of formats.
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Drew Smyly - Shuts down Marlins Smyly (4-6) earned the win Saturday, allowing five hits and one walk over 6.2 scoreless innings against the Marlins. He struck out four.
Impact This was his best start of the season to date. While Smyly has fallen short of the five innings needed to qualify for the win several times this year, he's had a couple quality starts recently around a hiccup in San Francisco, his first two quality starts of the season. Smyly's ERA is back under 4.00 for the campaign. He lines up for a road start in Cincinnati next week.
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Christopher Morel - Leaves with hamstring tightness Morel left Saturday's game against the Marlins with right hamstring tightness, Tim Stebbins of NBC Sports Chicago reports.
Impact The rookie's production has taken a nosedive lately -- he entered Saturday's game in an 0-for-23 slide. While Morel burst onto the scene in spectacular fashion and sits with nine homers and nine stolen bases through 67 games this season, this injury on top of the recent struggles may send him to the waiver wire in some fantasy leagues.
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Cubs DFA 4-time Gold-Glove winner Andrelton Simmons
The Chicago Cubs reinstated 11-year veteran infielder Andrelton Simmons from the injured list, then designated the four-time Gold Glove winner for assignment before their game with...2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andrelton Simmons - Designated for assignment Simmons (shoulder) was activated off the injured list and designated for assignment Saturday, Tim Stebbins of NBC Sports Chicago reports.
Impact Simmons signed a $4 million deal with the Cubs in March and looked to have a chance at carving out an everyday role, but his time with the team will end after just 35 games thanks to a pair of shoulder injuries and overall ineffectiveness. When Simmons was able to play, he hit just .173/.244/.187. The rebuilding Cubs will turn to younger options down the stretch, but it's possible another team will take a chance on Simmons as a defense-first bench option.
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Patrick Wisdom - Resting Saturday Wisdom is not in the lineup Saturday against Miami.
Impact Wisdom's three strikeouts in Friday's series opener raised his strikeout rate on the season to 33.4 percent, but he's shown enough power to overcome his contact issues. Thanks to a 15.3 percent barrel rate, he owns a .222/.318/.452 slash line, good for a 114 wRC+. Zach McKinstry starts at third base in his absence.
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Despite whiffing on Willson Contreras trade, Cubs' returns from Kris Bryant deal look good No matter how Cubs officials try to spin it, not moving Contreras at the trade deadline can be seen as a missed opportunity.
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Cubs host the Marlins, try to continue home win streak
The Chicago Cubs, on a four-game home winning streak, host the Miami Marlins2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Justin Steele - Ties career high with 10 strikeouts Steele struck out 10 batters in 4.2 scoreless innings Friday against the Marlins, walking one while allowing four hits. He did not factor into the decision.
Impact Steele isn't known for his strikeout stuff, as he carried a forgettable 22.5 percent career strikeout rate heading into Friday's start, but he wound up matching his career high with his second double-digit strikeout game of the season. The Marlins didn't offer much resistance outside of the fourth inning, when a catcher's interference and a pair of singles loaded the bases with one out, but Steele would escape that jam with a strikeout and a flyout. The only negative for the lefty was that all the long counts needed to finish off all those strikeouts meant he was unable to finish five frames, but it was still quite a encouraging performance. Steele will look to provide an encore Wednesday against Washington.
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Rowan Wick - Gets win, could be closer Wick (3-5) gave up one hit and one walk with zero strikeouts over 1.1 innings Friday against the Marlins en route to the win.
Impact He got the final out of the top of the eighth inning and then the Cubs took the lead in the bottom of the eighth, giving Wick his third win of the campaign. With David Robertson in Philadelphia, Wick is the leading candidate to get save chances for the Cubs over the final eight weeks of the season.
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Contreras hits 2-run HR in 8th as Cubs beat Marlins 2-1
Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, Justin Steele matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 2-13 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paul Sullivan: Back to the future sequel begins for rebuilding Cubs as they hold auditions to see who sticks around CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs fans were supposed to get their first glimpse of the post-Willson Contreras era Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
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Ross lays out Cubs' plan for final two months As the Cubs returned to Wrigley Field on Friday to face Miami, manager David Ross talked about the plan ahead, which includes testing the ve...
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Column: Back to the future sequel begins for the rebuilding Chicago Cubs as they hold auditions to see who sticks around The Chicago Cubs returned to Wrigley Field with Willson Contreras in tow and a desire by management to audition players for the future.
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Nico Hoerner - Takes seat Friday Hoerner is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins, Tony Andracki of Marquee Sports Network reports.
Impact Hoerner started the past 27 games and will take a seat Friday for the first time in over a month. The 25-year-old posted a .697 OPS during that stretch, and Christopher Morel will receive a look at shortstop in the series opener versus Miami.
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Frank Schwindel - Takes seat Friday Schwindel isn't starting Friday against Miami.
Impact Schwindel went 0-for-3 with a strikeout during Thursday's nightcap against the Cardinals and will retreat to the bench for the second time in the last three games. Patrick Wisdom will shift to first base while Zach McKinstry starts at the hot corner.
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Seiya Suzuki - Day off Friday Suzuki isn't starting Friday against the Marlins.
Impact Suzuki is getting a breather after he hit just .107 with a double, two RBI, a run and a stolen base over the last seven games. Nelson Velazquez will take his place in right field and bat fifth.
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Kervin Castro - Takes loss in team debut Castro (0-1) allowed three runs on two hits and two walks across an inning of relief to take the loss in Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. He struck out one.
Impact Making his team debut after being claimed off waivers Tuesday, Castro worked the seventh inning and ran into some trouble. After allowing a single and a walk to start the frame, he induced a Nolan Arenado double play ground out. However, Castro followed that with another walk, then allowed a three-run home run to Tyler O'Neill. With the Cubs trading David Robertson, Mychal Givens and Scott Effross before Tuesday's deadline, Castro should be able to carve out a bullpen role in Chicago, though he's unlikely to have much fantasy value.
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