Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Wednesday 2/25, 2:05 CT

MESA, Arizona — Wednesday notes…

• FORMER CUBS IN ROCKIES CAMP: José Quintana, Keegan Thompson, Willi Castro, Nicky Lopez and former Cubs prospect Vimael Machin. Kris Bryant is on the 60-day injured list and it’s not known when, or if, he will play this year.
• A REMINDER: Here are all the Cubs heading to the World Baseball Classic: Miguel Amaya (Panama), Javier Assad (Mexico), Christian Bethancourt (Panama), Matthew Boyd (United States), Alex Bregman (United States), Pete Crow-Armstrong (United States), Jonathon Long (Chinese Taipei), BJ Murray (Great Britain), Daniel Palencia (Venezuela), Yacksel Ríos (Puerto Rico), Erian Rodriguez (Panama), Seiya Suzuki (Japan), Jameson Taillon (Canada).

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Rockies lineup:

Jameson Taillon will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Cade Horton, Caleb Thielbar, Phil
Maton, Hunter Harvey, Luke Little and Jack Neely. It will be the first spring outing for Horton, Maton and Harvey.

Old friend José Quintana will start for the Rockies. Other Rockies pitchers scheduled today: Antonio Senzatela, Jaden Hill, Carson Palmquist and RJ Petit.

No TV or radio today.

MLB.com Gameday

Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.

Please visit our SB Nation Rockies site Purple Row. If you do go there to interact with Rockies 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.

As we have done in the past, we’ll 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.

These threads will not post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked ”Chicago Cubs Game Threads” 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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.