Tigers-Cubs Trade Brewing? and Other Newsyness

Best wishes and prayers go out to everyone connected to Aroldis Chapman, who was hit in the face with a comebacker last night.  Apparently the liner came off a 99-MPH fastball.  That'd put the comebacker, potentially, in the upper-90's when it reached Chapman.  Scary stuff.  Just have to hope that Salvador Perez didn't get all of it and that both men recover just fine (reports were that Perez was shaken up emotionally afterwards).

Pre-Game Fixin's: More Splitting of Squads

The Cubs will be doing Split Squad duties again today.  Hopefully, the guys in Las Vegas didn’t pound The Strip too hard last night.  Mike Olt gets some more game time, albeit at DH.  Hopefully we will get word soon that his shoulder is A-OK and he will be ready to go by Opening Day.  If not, and he needs a month in the minors (don’t think he would) then we might have to rethink the Service Time discussion.

Also, let me know what you think of the layout.  In the regular season I will try to get Cubs lineup, opposing lineup along with handedness of the pitchers for both teams and some basic stats.