Spring Training Miscellany: Full Squad Gets to Work, Hey There's that New Double-Play Combo, Stroman Faces the Prospects, More

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Spring Training Miscellany: Full Squad Gets to Work, Hey There’s that New Double-Play Combo, Stroman Faces the Prospects, More

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Today was the first full-squad workout day in Arizona for the Chicago Cubs, though you’d be forgiven for thinking that date had longggg passed, since it seems like the whole squad has been working out for a week already.

  • The new double-play combination was showing off, and I think the Cubs are going to win 145 games:
  • Cody Bellinger, taking swings:
  • Marcus Stroman throwing some live batting practice today to Cubs prospects:
  • Bonus, here’s what Stroman tweeted in a quote tweet of the video of him facing Pete Crow-Armstrong: “Need PCA in the big leagues ASAP!”
  • Christopher Morel’s glove is sweet, by the way:
  • Cubs making fans, making friends:
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