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Schwarber on Series roster, may DH in G1 (7 CT, FOX)
- Updated: October 25, 2016
CLEVELAND — Kyle Schwarber will be with the Cubs for the World Series and all signs are pointing toward him being the designated hitter tonight for Game 1.
Schwarber, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the third game of the year, played his second Arizona Fall League game Monday in Mesa, Ariz., and went 1-for-3 with a double, scoring a run. He was added to the Cubs’ active roster, and according to MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi, he is expected be the DH for Game 1.
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“To have another young guy here who has a track record of hitting home runs, who is a threat, who, when you see his name in the lineup, there’s some scariness to that — we can’t wait to have him back,” Chicago’s Addison Russell said. “I’m a big Kyle Schwarber fan. I love what he does; I can’t wait until he gets here.”
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Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein was in the visitor’s clubhouse at Progressive Field on Monday to watch Schwarber’s first two at-bats as well as a pregame workout via the team’s video feed from Mesa.
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“He ran the bases before the game really well, slid, dove back in, went first to third, second to home,” Epstein said …
