As you all know, Justin Steele got hurt and now a new guy gets his spot:
Naturally the Cubs will have their official social media tweet soon, but this has been confirmed by multiple Cubs beat folks so we should expect Ben Brown in uniform sometime soon, possibly even tonight if he got to town soon after Steele got off the field and into the training room.
Brown, of course, was the return in the David Robertson trade, and had impressed in the minors prior to his untimely injury right around when the Cubs left for London last season. He showed many bright spots this spring and there was an outside shot he would make the Opening Day roster, but now he gets his cup of coffee just two games into 2024.
The fact that they called him up right away instead of massaging some optionable moves suggests that the Cubs want to keep the possibility of Brown hopping into long relief as soon as tonight, and if they don’t need him, then he can pick up Steele’s next start. And although we like the Cubs pitching development these days, Brown is still technically unproven, so some restraint should be exercised with regard to our expectations even if we hope he just mows everyone down.
Good luck, kid!
UPDATE: The Cubs welcomed him too:
It’s not a huge deal because FB and Twitter are terrible companies so it’s probably not OV’s problem, but I wonder if the title card preview can default to the featured image rather than the blog header banner?
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Vs lefty
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Steele out for at least all of April, probably back in May pending rehab and stretching back out, via Brett who is also on the injured list
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/03/30/the-diagnosis-on-justin-steeles-hamstring-is-in/
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Rice Cube,
There’s probably some cryptic button you can push on the post, I stopped paying attention a while ago (dying laughing).
berseliusQuote Reply
Just don’t pull anything, Cyle.
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Dansby is the mansby
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Swandong!
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Bummer but good bomb by Dansby at least
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/cody-bradford-in-play-run-s-to-dansby-swanson?t=t112-default-vtp
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Not a great start to the season for Hendricks.
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gah mlb.tv does not support my ps4 anymore
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Kyle 😔
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Texas offense is good, cubs need to feast on their not good pitching
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Hope Kyle watches the video and comes back better next time, Cuas did a great job and now Little is in
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Well, welcome Ben Brown
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Gomes having a rough time behind the plate this inning
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Ben Brown with a fun inning!
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My mom just confused Cyle and Counsell, likely a first of many occasion this season
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That inning was less fun but I do hope Cubs avoid the sweep
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At least Brown wasn’t walking everyone
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Get them tomorrow, boys
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Rice Cube,
Don’t tell us what to do
berseliusQuote Reply
Games played in March are still spring training right? Let’s go with that.
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Aww, my paycheck provider lost in basketball tonight.
I shall lose no winks of sleep tonight over it.
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I guess the Rangers played like they just won the World Series not too long ago
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This was goofy
https://twitter.com/JoeyCopponi/status/1774186734584016905?t=PdzCqQodmuXotVsc-E6Jfw&s=19
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Boosh
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Cubs don’t have to go to Texas anymore this year until the World Series (or I guess the All-Star Game)
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Found this bit of ridiculousness in my archives (dying laughing)
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I’ll try to redo this without using Zobrist, Biggio, or Campaneris because this was pathetic (dying laughing)
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Rice Cube,
It’s possible to do using all Cubs. I had 7/9 on mine (including Zobrist) and recognized a couple more familiar names when I looked at the possibilities.
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Oops, wrong thread there
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Rice Cube,
Jake Fox is a deep cut. I had:
Geo Soto-Zaun-Ausmus
KB-Morel-Hoerner
Zobrist-DeRosa-Baez
KB was the big one at 3%.
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Perkins,
Yeah I couldn’t think of anyone but Biggio at first and that was 48% (dying laughing)
Donaldson was around 7%
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Morel getting multi-hit games to start the season is nice, hoping it keeps going and the defense shores up too
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Rice Cube,
DeRosa is one of my standbys and he was pretty useful today. Almost a proto-Zobrist with a much better wife (dying laughing).
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Cubs radio feed just cut out as the game started, mlb in mid season form
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Fun guy
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🍄🍄🍄
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Morel giveth and Morel taketh away.
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Happ!
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Baserunning!
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Ugh this Texas team is pesky
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Ugly series for the Cubs.
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Uffda cubs defense
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Wicks deserved better, score again I suppose
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Happ having a good game at least
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So many missed opportunities but I’m gonna have to trust the process
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Happ 🚶♂️
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Let’s go Seiya
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Praise be to the BABIP luck dragon
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https://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-9-rangers-5/
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