Atlanta Braves (10-10 Jeff Mathis Jersey , third in the NL East) vs. Cleveland Indians (12-8, second in the NL Central)Cleveland; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Max Fried (2-0, 0.92 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 12 strikeouts) Indians: Shane Bieber (2-0, 1.71 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 22 strikeouts)LINE: Indians favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: Both Atlanta and Cleveland are looking for a series win with a victory.The Indians are 6-2 in home games. Cleveland has slugged .323, last in the league. Carlos Santana leads the team with a .-base hits.The Braves are 3-4 on the road. Atlanta has a team on-base percentage of .351, good for second in the National League. Ronald Acuna Jr. leads the club with a mark of .424. The Braves won the last meeting 8-7. Luke Jackson earned his second victory and Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs for Atlanta. Adam Cimber registered his first loss for Cleveland.TOP PERFORMERS: Leonys Martin leads the Indians with three home runs and has six RBIs. Jake Bauers is 8-for-34 with a double, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games for Cleveland.Acuna leads the Braves with six home runs and has 16 RBIs. Josh Donaldson is 11-for-37 with four doubles, two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games for Atlanta.LAST 10 GAMES: Indians: 5-5, .229 batting average, 4.29 ERA Tyler Glasnow Jersey , outscored by two runsBraves: 4-6, .262 batting average, 4.90 ERA, outscored by three runsIndians Injuries: Danny Salazar: 60-day IL (shoulder), Mike Clevinger: 60-day IL (back), Bradley Zimmer: 10-day IL (shoulder).Braves Injuries: Arodys Vizcaino: 10-day IL (shoulder), Jonny Venters: 10-day IL (calf), Darren O’Day: 10-day IL (forearm), Mike Foltynewicz: 10-day IL (elbow). 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After Friday night’s game against the Mariners, they’ll play two today Adam Frazier Jersey , followed by another away game against the Brewers Sunday.The Cubs made some roster cuts earlier today and you can read about those here, if you haven’t already. There are now 54 players remaining in camp, 28 pitchers and 26 position players.I’d expect further cuts sometime net week.Here are today’s particulars.Cubs lineup vs. Angels:Nico Hoerner gets his first start in the field for the big-league Cubs, in front of a home crowd.Angels lineup:The Angels are definitely sending over a team of miscellaneous guys. I thought they might send Tommy La Stella to Mesa, but he’s playing in the Angels’ home game today, as they are also a split squad this afternoon.Cubs lineup vs. Giants:The Cubs seem to be taking extended looks at Jared Young this spring. He’s a 2017 draft pick (15th round) who was not on the NRI list this year. He could move up quickly in the organization.Giants lineup:Alec Mills will start for the Cubs in Mesa. Cubs relievers in Mesa: Pedro Strop, Steve Cishek, George Kontos, Carlos Ramirez, Oscar De La Cruz and Alberto Baldonado.Griffin Canning will go for the Angels. Angels relievers: Jorge Tavarez, John Curtiss, Daniel Procopio, Alex Klonowski, Ryan Clark, Jake Jewell, Jeremy Rhoades and Matt Ramsey.Cole Hamels will start for the Cubs in Scottsdale. Cubs relievers in Scottsdale: Carl Edwards Jr. http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , Matt Carasiti, Rowan Wick, Kyle Ryan and Mike Zagurski.Dereck Rodriguez will go for the Giants. Other Giants pitchers scheduled: Jose Lopez, Tony Watson, Will Smith and Reyes Moronta.Today’s game in Mesa is an audio webcast on cubs.com. Today’s game in Scottsdale will be available on MLB Audio via the Giants’ KNBR/680 radio broadcast (and on over-the-air radio if you are in the San Francisco Bay area). No TV for either game today.MLB.com Gameday for Cubs/AngelsMLB.com Gameday for Cubs/GiantsPlease 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 Giants site McCovey Chronicles. and Angels site Halos Heaven. If you do go there to interact with Giants or Angels fans, 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 today, that will be 2 p.m. CT and 3:30 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.