Anthony Rizzo is able for Opening Day on Friday. On Sunday, he took crucial step towards a go back to the Cubs’ lineup. Rizzo went thru a complete exercise ahead of the Cubs’ exhibition towards the White Sox with none restrictions or setbacks. He has been sidelined via lower-back tightness since July 7. “Today, I knew going in that it was going to be a big day,’’ Rizzo said. ‘‘Pushed it a little yesterday, but today I really pushed it. Feels great. I was hitting today with really no pain at all, which is good.” The giant take a look at for Rizzo and the Cubs can be how his again responds to his greater workload on Monday. Rizzo says
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Cubs’ 12-Four victory permits for the great type of Opening Day
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ah, Opening Day. The galloping hope. The gnashing tooth. The dizzying elation. The sudden lack of cabin stress, if not the need to stay. And that’s simply the primary inning. “No matter how lengthy you’re within the sport, there’s a long-standing custom of overreacting to no matter occurs on Opening Day,’’ Cubs president Theo Epstein mentioned. On Thursday, after Jon Lester threw 22 pitches within the first and gave up a two-run homer to the Rangers’ Elvis Andrus within the third, the “sense of urgency’’ the Cubs had vowed to deliver to Epstein’s “season of reckoning’’ appeared to have slipped right into a coma.Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant rounds third base after hitting a two-run
Red Sox Vs. Pirates Lineup: Rick Porcello Takes Ball For Opening Day
Share this: BOSTON — Who’s ready for some baseball? After nearly five long months, the Red Sox again will play a meaningful baseball game Monday at Fenway Park, taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day of their 2017 regular season. Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello will be on the bump for Boston making the first Opening Day start of his career. Porcello notched a Major League Baseball-leading 22 wins last season and will look to continue that success into 2017. Sandy Leon will bat ninth and do the catching for the right-hander. Newcomer Mitch Moreland gets the start at first base and will bat fifth, behind designated hitter Hanley Ramirez but ahead of shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who batted third
Watch Nationals’ Bryce Harper Hit Massive Home Run In Spring Training Debut
Share this: Bryce Harper already looks ready for Opening Day. The Washington Nationals star outfielder had a subpar 2016 season but he made his spring training debut with a bang Saturday. Harper was facing New York Mets left-hander Sean Gilmartin in the second inning and he put a hurt on the first pitch he saw, blasting it well over the right-center field wall. Take a look at the tape-measure blast below. Harper, the 2015 National League MVP, saw his numbers dip last season as he hit .243 with 24 home runs and 86 RBIs, a far cry from his MVP numbers the year before. The four-time All-Star hit just .226 off lefties in 2016, so opening the spring with a first-pitch homer off a left-hander is certainly