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Miller’s New Slider, Brothers as Lefty Two, Bryant Suddenly Better at Defense, and Other Cubs Bullets Rough night’s sleep has me really behind the eight ball this morning … •   Shelby Miller’s success this spring – in results and in the eye test – continued for another couple quality innings yesterday, with plenty of emphasis on the slider. It’s a pitch he developed last year but never got to throw in game action, and it is a wholly new addition to his mix, which had previously been almost exclusively fastball-curveball. It seems notable that the one healthy year when he lea...

The Cubs whooped the Rangers 9-0 today, which is a Spring Training thing, but also a “the Rangers might be really bad this year” thing. Zach Davies was so efficient that his three innings of work were over in 30 minutes (literally, even counting the Cubs’ half-innings in the first and second). Cubs pick up a 9-0 win over the Rangers. Javy launched a slam, Nico collected two more hits, Davies was so efficient he had to get more work done in the bullpen after his three innings. pic.twitter.com/mDnKRlhbCL Five runs in the 5th! pic.twitter.com/seXKGs9UbP

Trevor Megill touching 99 mph already? That seems pretty notable!

The Cubs will get to keep the hard-throwing righty after all.

When camp opened, Cubs president Jed Hoyer said the organization would like to sit down with its three superstars to discuss the possibility of long-term deals this spring. All three players spoke about the matter this week and are receptive to the idea. There’s no guarantee that anything gets done before the team breaks camp, but the fact that all sides are willing to listen is a good place to start. Related “It’s the best time of year to have those conversations,” Hoyer said. “I think the danger of having those discussions or opening things up publicly is this notion that...