PT TODAY: Schwindel returns to Cubs but will PT follow?

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Cubs | Frank Schwindel back on roster
Chicago Cubs INF Frank Schwindel was recalled from Class AAA Iowa Monday, May 9. The team also optioned RHP Adrian Sampson to Class AAA Iowa.   Source: MLB.com
 
BHQ take: Alfonso Rivas has supplanted slow-starting Schwindel at 1B, though neither LHB Rivas nor RHB Schwindel has shown MLB power skills typically associated with the position. Rivas has considerably more plate patience than Schwindel, though Rivas also makes contact at a lower rate. They could wind up platooning, though Schwindel's lack of versatility keeps him vulnerable to demotion when not swinging a hot...

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