The Cubs lefty had the best outing by any starter so far this spring.

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The obvious talent has always been there — the very first start he made as a Cub, July 16, 2017 in Baltimore was terrific — but then he’ll walk five guys in five innings and get bogged down and... well, you don’t need to hear any more about that.Friday afternoon in Mesa, Quintana showed that Baltimore-type style, throwing six strong innings as the Cubs defeated the Rangers 7-3.The Cubs scored a run in the first thanks to a couple of Rangers errors, then after a pair of walks in the third, it was Javy time [VIDEO]!Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Javier Baez’ first homer of the spring made it 4-0, and with Quintana throwing strikes — he didn’t walk anyone and struck out six — the Cubs went into the seventh with that lead. It is my feeling that one thing that Quintana might have done right in this game was working quickly. Some of the games where he runs into trouble, he seems to stalk around the mound and look really uncomfortable. Friday, he worked fast, and the results were really positive. Hopefully the coaching staff noticed this Melky Cabrera Jersey , too.Tyler Chatwood relieved Quintana and recorded three outs on just six pitches, all medium deep outfield fly balls. Once again — he threw strikes and got outs. He might just be the secret weapon the Cubs bullpen has been looking for. Seriously, it’s not the worst idea possible to even try him at closer. Why not? Do it in one of the remaining spring games, just to see if it works situationally, even if it’s against minor leaguers.The Rangers had Matt Davidson, the former White Sox third baseman who’s trying to become a two-way player, pitch the seventh. This was his first pitching outing, and... it was not good. Albert Almora Jr. led off with a single, and Wynton Bernard ran for him. Bernard stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch. Davidson recorded a pair of outs, but then... [VIDEO]Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Ben Zobrist’s first homer of the spring made it 6-1. Solo Rangers homers in the eighth and ninth and a single Cubs run in the eighth finished the scoring.The story of the game, then, was Quintana’s outstanding start and Chatwood’s continued success in relief. May those continue all year.Attendance watch: It was a perfect spring afternoon, about 70 degrees, light winds and unlimited sunshine, and a Friday leading into spring break. And yet Justin Verlander Jersey , this game did not sell out — 13,511 paid, making the season total 218,880 and the average per date 13,680, with two date remaining.And now, on to tonight’s game.This recap is also a preview for tonight’s game against the Indians. That game will begin at 8:05 p.m. CT. All the threads for both games will reside in the same StoryStream. Here are particulars for the night game.Cubs lineup:Indians lineup:That’s former Cub Leonys Martin leading off for the Tribe. He had a serious, near life threatening illness last September, but is now fully recovered. I wish him well.Duane Underwood Jr. will start for the Cubs. Cubs relievers tonight: Dillon Maples, Randy Rosario, Mike Zagurski, James Norwood and Dakota Mekkes.Corey Kluber will go for the Indians. Indians relievers: Brad Hand, Nick Goody and Jon Edwards.Tonight’s game is on 670 The Score. It’s also going to be televised via the Indians network Sports Time Ohio and will be available on MLB.tv.MLB.com GamedayPlease note that during spring training, Gameday doesn’t usually go pitch-by-pitch as it does during the regular season — usually, it will update after each at-bat.Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.Please visit our SB Nation Indians site Let’s Go Tribe. If you do go there to interact with Indians fans Houston Astros Jersey , please be respectful, abide by their individual site rules and serve as a good representation of Cub fans in general and BCB in particular.For spring-training games, we’ll have a first-pitch thread at five minutes to game time and one overflow thread, 90 minutes after game time (because I know how you all like overflow threads!). For tonight, that will be 8 p.m. CT and 9:30 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 boxes and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.Discuss amongst yourselves. If hired as general manager of the New York Mets, Doug Melvin likely would keep Mickey Callaway as manager.The former Texas and Milwaukee GM has his second interview Tuesday with the Mets, meeting with owner Fred Wilpon and his son, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon. Agent Brodie Van Wagenen and Tampa Bay senior vice president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom are also finalists for the job.Callaway replaced Terry Collins after the 2017 season and the team started 11-1, then was hobbled by injuries and finished fourth in the NL East at 77-85.“My feeling is that he probably deserves a chance to do this again,” Melvin said during a telephone news conference. “I want to sit down if I get this job and talk extensively with Mickey and see his philosophy and that. But I think he does probably deserve a chance because he’s been a good baseball guy.”Sandy Alderson was hired as Mets general manager in October 2010 but took a leave of absence in July when he had a recurrence of cancer and said the team’s poor record did not justify him returning. The team’s baseball decisions have been made since by the trio of assistant general manager John Ricco and special assistants Omar Minaya and J.P. Ricciardi, all reporting to the Wilpons.“I’ve been given the freedom to, if I want to bring people in,” Melvin said. “But I don’t want to jump to conclusions that I’m going to go and get rid of a bunch of people and go and bring in 10 people that I know.”Now 66 http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , Melvin was general manager of Texas from 1994-01 and of Milwaukee from 2002-2015. He shifted to an adviser’s role in August 2015 as the Brewers were headed to a 64-98 record, saying then: “The job has grown to the point that it’s probably suited to somebody younger than me.”“That’s probably how I felt at that particular time,” he said Tuesday. “But now that I’ve taken a little bit of a break from the day-to-day activities, I’m energized and excited at the challenges.”Melvin said he showed the Mets a 2010 article in which he predicted relievers would be used as starters in the major leagues. As early as 2004, he said, he was contemplating using relievers to start games in the low minors.He would increase the Mets’ analytics staff, which has three full-time employees.“I don’t believe you can go 100 percent analytics and I don’t believe you can go 100 percent scouting, player development without analytics,” Melvin said. “I don’t know the whole analytics staff, but it can be probably improved up upon and maybe staffed up a little bit.”Melvin detailed how he would fit in under the Wilpons.“They gave me the authority that if I was the chosen one to make the decisions that I thought was in the best interest of the organization,” he said. “I told them I would never allow ownership to be caught off guard with anything, pick up the paper and see that we signed somebody that they didn’t know about.”