Opening Day has finally arrived!
Let’s get right into it. Here’s the Opening Day lineup for the Chicago Cubs, who start the 2018 season with a four-game series on the road against the Miami Marlins.
Here is your #OpeningDay #Cubs lineup!
Game preview: https://t.co/7v3r0mdhyw #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/NdKfyKUuru
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 29, 2018
Ian Happ is definitely hitting a leadoff home run, right? Well, it wouldn’t be the first time he went deep off Miami’s Opening Day starting pitcher Jose Urena. The other Cubs player with a dinger off Urena is Jason Heyward.
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We shouldn’t get too cocky though, because despite Derek Jeter tearing down the Marlins in the offseason, Urena has been pretty good against the Cubs in his career, albeit a small sample size. In three starts facing the Cubs, Urena has given up six earned runs in 17 innings (3.18 ERA). The righty made two starts against the Cubs in 2017, the second of which he pitched six scoreless innings. Certainly no pushover, but that was right in the middle of the Cubs offensive struggles in the first half.
Here’s the lineup Jon Lester will be facing.
Marlins lineup pic.twitter.com/szteqz7qUp
— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) March 29, 2018
So yeah, Lester should be mowing down the Marlins lineup.
