Gausman (shoulder) is on the Cubs' roster for the wild-card series against the Padres, Jared Wyllys of AllCHGO.com reports.
Steele (elbow) is not on the Cubs' roster for their wild-card series versus the Padres, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.
Thielbar is not on the Cubs' roster for their NL Wild Card Series against the Padres, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.
Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said Monday that Fitts (lat) is on track to be ready at the start of spring training but will have his workload monitored, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said Monday that Walker was playing through some hip pain and other discomfort late in the season, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Taylor went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Red Sox.
Rea tossed two scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout to earn the save in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Red Sox.
Garrett (1-1) earned the win over the Red Sox on Sunday, allowing one run on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts over five innings.
Bregman went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, a walk, four RBI and three runs scored in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Red Sox.
Bernal went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and two walks in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Brewers.
The Cubs were obliterated in D.C. on Thursday (rested a couple of regulars) but for these purposes Friday, that's just fine by me. Used all the scrub relievers so should not affect this matchup -- Cardinals-Cubs at Wrigley in a standalone Friday afternoon game is about as good as baseball gets. I can almost taste the Old Style (yack) in the bleachers. The Cards have a minor advantage being off Thursday, but pitcher Matthew Liberatore (5-9. 5.15 ERA) has been getting rocked fairly often lately. The Cubbies have had some success against him this year. I will Deep Dive this game tomorrow in the newsletter with a parlay but am showing (maybe) my hand with a price that's 15-20 cents low behind Clay Holmes.
