Ben Brown returned to the rotation after multiple injuries and has a 1.89 ERA across four non-opening starts, going 0-1 due to limited run support. His fastball velocity has increased each outing, and he has gone deeper in his last two starts while allowing relatively few home runs. The Cubs’ season has been hurt by difficulty keeping the ball in the yard, and they will try to generate offense against Kyle Leahy. The projected lineup has Pete Crow-Armstrong leading off, Nico Hoerner second, Michael Busch third, Alex Bregman cleanup, Ian Happ fifth, Seiya Suzuki sixth, Moisés Ballesteros as DH, Miguel Amaya catching, and Dansby Swanson at short. Leahy is 28, is only the third MLB player with his surname, and is the first to debut after the 19th century. He throws a 93.7 mph fastball that ranks in the 35th percentile, with a 7.2-foot extension and a 46.6% grounder rate.
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