The Cubs made an early-season move to bolster their bullpen on Monday, acquiring veteran left-hander Drew Pomeranz from the Mariners for a cash consideration, a source confirmed to MLB.

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This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter.

The battle for the top spot of our Power Rankings was, once again this week, a battle of Southern California.

Every player wants to get off to a hot start.

After waiting out a rain delay for nearly an hour, Cubs first baseman Michael Busch stepped back into the batter’s box in the first inning on Sunday afternoon and slashed a Merrill Kelly pitch into left field for a run-scoring single.

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Proving that special players can struggle only for so long, one of baseball's best prospects broke out in a grand way at Double-A, while a former Top 100 prospect showed he still has plenty of thunder in his bat.