The CubsRelated guy(is that North on twitter?) just pointed out Hendricks' velocity, but they also pointed out Hammel had low velocity last night so it seems like a potential measurement issue too.
No, you accumulate service time on the 60 day DL. In theory they could option Schwarber prior to DLing him, but that would be a grievance the Cubs would and should lose.
There's so many downlist guys I had to at least consider in passing that I just took an extra couple minutes and got a Top 25 together. 1. Contreras 2. Torres 3. Almora 4. Jimenez 5. Cease 6. Candelario 7. McKinney 8. EJM 9. Happ 10. Steele 11. Vogelbach 12. Williams 13. Markey 14. Underwood 15. De La Cruz 16. Sands 17. Stinnett 18. Zagunis 19. Caratini 20. Blackburn 21. Tseng 22. Dewees 23. Alzolay 24. Null 25. Hannemann
Didn't we open at home at night against the Cardinals last year? Yeah, I had forgotten already, although it was also a Sunday night national broadcast.