{"id":596595,"date":"2026-02-27T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/596595\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:56:22","slug":"cubs-vs-guardians-at-mesa-preview-friday-2-27-205-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/596595\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa preview, Friday 2\/27, 2:05 CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MESA, Arizona \u2014 Friday notes\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FORMER CUBS IN GUARDIANS CAMP: Shawn Armstrong, Codi Heuer<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ABOUT CUBS CAMP: The Cubs opened their training camp with 58 players in camp: 31 pitchers, six catchers, 13 infielders and eight outfielders. Included in that group were 18 non-roster players: eight pitchers, three catchers, four infielders and three outfielders. Currently, the Cubs have 63 players in camp. Both Christian Bethancourt and Moises Ballesteros have now reported to camp.<\/p>\n<p>Here are today\u2019s particulars.<\/p>\n<p>Cubs\u00a0lineup:<\/p>\n<p>Guardians lineup:<\/p>\n<p>Edward Cabrera will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Daniel Palencia, Jacob Webb, Porter Hodge, Ethan Roberts, Ryan Rolison, Collin Snider and Gavin Hollowell.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Logan Allen will start for the Guardians. Other Guardians pitchers scheduled today: Hunter Gaddis, Parker Messick, Jake Miller and Jack Leftwich.<\/p>\n<p>No TV or radio today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/guardians-vs-cubs\/2026\/02\/27\/831884\/live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB.com Gameday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MLB.com Gameday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/live-stream-games\/2026\/02\/27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please visit our SB Nation Guardians site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coveringthecorner.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Covering The Corner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Covering The Corner<\/a>. If you do go there to interact with Guardians fans, please be respectful, abide by their individual site rules and serve as a good representation of Cub fans in general and BCB in particular.<\/p>\n<p>As we have done in the past, we\u2019ll have a first pitch thread at five minutes to game time and one overflow thread, 90 minutes after game time. For today, that will be 2 p.m. CT and 3:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>These threads will not post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked \u201dChicago Cubs Game Threads\u201d at the bottom of the front page. There will also be a StoryStream on the front page with all the game thread links, as well as the recap after the game is over. The pitcher photos and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MESA, Arizona \u2014 Friday notes\u2026 FORMER CUBS IN GUARDIANS CAMP: Shawn Armstrong, Codi Heuer ABOUT CUBS CAMP: The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,12347,51,18686,4814,161,888,4914,881,515,947,77849,442,16544,4578,4,1896,34644,889,8052,10630,40423],"class_list":["post-596595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-christian-bethancourt","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-codi","tag-collin-snider","tag-cubs","tag-daniel-palencia","tag-edward-cabrera","tag-ethan-roberts","tag-gavin-hollowell","tag-hunter-gaddis","tag-jack-leftwich","tag-jacob-webb","tag-jake-miller","tag-logan-allen","tag-mlb","tag-moises-ballesteros","tag-parker-messick","tag-porter-hodge","tag-ryan-rolison","tag-shawn-armstrong","tag-training-camp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116144123772971734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}