Cubs pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.
The first two days of Cubs’ spring training dawned a dreary overcast — and that’s not a reference to the weather.
After Cubs pitchers and catchers reported to camp Tuesday, team president Theo Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and manager Joe Maddon answered reporters’ questions ranging from the lack of offseason moves to troubled shortstop Addison Russell’s second chance to Cubs patriarch Joe Ricketts’ racist emails.
Epstein elegantly answered each question, as columnist Rick Morrissey pointed out in his Wednesday column.
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Russell was one of the early arrivals among position players, who are scheduled to report Feb.
