Cubs win, 4-1. Strop gave up the 1 run. But Q with 3 good 1-hit innings.
Brach pitched an inning.
Chatwood finished with 3 shutout innings. 1K/0BB. Only 1 K, but only two balls hit out of the infield, one a flyout and one a single. Two groundball singles, two double plays. Seemed to have decent control (I was just listening on radio, so who knows).
Pretty happy for that guy so far, that would be such a great human interest story if he turned into a functional, useful reliever for the Cubs. Obviously a little easier to throw strikes on a relaxed March day facing KC minor-leaguers, versus facing Yelich or the Cardinals in a tight game. But so far so good.
Chatwood has the most innings pitcher for the Cubs thus far. I think that makes sense, try to get his confidence and rhythm re-established. So if there's anybody who would benefit from innings this camp, it would be him. I suppose guys like Webster and Maples might be next on that list, both of whom have also been quite busy thus far. So I like the Maddon/Hottovy thinking on that stuff thus far.
I wonder who does plan out the usage; would that be Maddon or Hottovy, I wonder?