With an infield logjam and an eye on future, the Chicago Cubs option David Bote to Iowa and aim to prioritize younger players

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The Chicago Cubs’ deficiency of infield options, further strained by the lack of position-player trades leading up to Tuesday’ s deadline, left manager David Ross mixing and matching lineups to try to find at-bats. That meant infielder David Bote was the odd man out Thursday afternoon following the Cubs’ 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of a...

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