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Game Date:
05/01/2019
6:40pm EST
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Chicago -1.5
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Under 9 (-110)
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The Chicago Cubs will option shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa when he's eligible to return from his 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy later this week. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Tuesday before the Cubs opened a two-game series in Seattle that the team wants to give Russell more time in the minors before rejoining the major league roster. Maddon said he didn't expect Russell to be in the minors for long. Continue to Article
April 30, 2019 9:30:pm EST
Ichiro Suzuki was back in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse on Tuesday, in uniform and even wore batting gloves into his first meeting. "I will say he's the first coach I've had come into a coaches meeting with batting gloves on," Seattle manager Scott Servais joked. This is not another comeback by Suzuki. Continue to Article
April 30, 2019 9:09:pm EST
Ichiro Suzuki's playing days might be over, but his tenure with the Seattle Mariners isn't. The team announced Tuesday that Suzuki will join the club as an instructor. The 45-year-old Suzuki will help players with “outfield play, base-running and, in conjunction with hitting coaches, hitting,” according to a team release. Continue to Article
April 30, 2019 7:07:pm EST
Maddon is doing his lineups three days at a time, giving his players an advance look at what to expect for the upcoming series. It is a marked departure from the days of managers posting the starting nine in the clubhouse before the game, or even the modern practice of nightly text messages, and Maddon likes how it's going so far. It's getting me out in front even a little bit more than I normally have in the past and there's not anything wrong with that,'' he said. Continue to Article
April 29, 2019 2:23:pm EST
Cubs not promising anything to Addison Russell as his suspension comes to an end originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com The embattled shortstop began his minor-league assignment Wednesday night and is eligible to return from his 40-game domestic violence suspension next Friday, May 3 as the Cubs open up their next homestand by hosting the St. Louis Cardinals. There's no guarantee Russell will be on the Cubs' roster by that point, but he has checked all the boxes laid out for him so far on his conditional second chance with the team. "We're taking this day-to-day, which is appropriate," Theo Epstein said before the final game of the Cubs' current homestand Thursday. Continue to Article
April 25, 2019 4:13:pm EST
