Chicago Cubs Lineup: Cubs Battle Nationals Tonight at Wrigley Field, Ryan Kalish in Left Field – UPDATE

Here we go! This series is sure to be exciting, fun, entertaining….all those things and more. The top two teams in baseball collide in a four game series with about as much hype as you can possibly get around a matchup this early in the season.

Joe Maddon has Ryan Kalish starting in left field tonight. What an incredible way for Joe to get Ryan his first start of the season. Such a cool gesture and vote of confidence by Joe to start Ryan is what many outsiders view as an important series. This means that Jorge Soler will be coming off the bench, something he’s been doing more and more of lately.

UPDATE: Joe just posted the following changes from the initial lineup – Bryant to RF from 3B, La Stella to 3B from 2B, Zobrist to 2B from RF. Changes have been made below.

Here’s the Chicago Cubs lineup for tonight’s game (UPDATED):

Kyle Hendricks (R)
vs. Nationals – Joe Ross (R)
1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B
3. Kris Bryant (R) RF
4. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
5. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
6. Ryan Kalish (L) LF
7. Addison Russell (R) SS
8. Tim Federowicz (R) C
9. Kyle Hendricks (R) P