Cubs vs. Athletics: Injury Report, Updates & Probable Starters – March 31 - Bleacher Nation (2025)

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Cubs vs. Athletics Game Info Cubs vs. Athletics Injury News Today Cubs’ Injuries Athletics’ Injuries Cubs’ Hitting Insights (2024) Athletics’ Hitting Insights (2024) Cubs’ Starting Pitcher Athletics’ Starting Pitcher

Cubs vs. Athletics Game Info

Game day: Monday, March 31, 2025

Game time: 10:05 p.m. ET

TV channel: NBCS-CA and MARQ

Location: West Sacramento, California

Stadium: Sutter Health Park

Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo

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Cubs vs. Athletics Injury News Today

Cubs’ Injuries

Name	Status	Injury	2025 Stats
Ryan Brasier	15 Day Injury List	Hip	0-0, 9.00 ERA, 9.0 K/9
Vidal Brujan	10 Day Injury List	Elbow	–
Javier Assad	15 Day Injury List	Oblique	–
Tyson Miller	15 Day Injury List	Hip	–

Athletics’ Injuries

Name	Status	Injury	2025 Stats
Brady Basso	15 Day Injury List	Shoulder	–
Zack Gelof	10 Day Injury List	Hand	–
Ken Waldichuk	60 Day Injury List	Tommy John	–
Brett Harris	10 Day Injury List	Obliques	–
Michel Otanez	15 Day Injury List	Shoulder	–
Luis Medina	60 Day Injury List	Elbow	–

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Cubs’ Hitting Insights (2024)

The Cubs ranked 20th in Major League Baseball with 170 home runs.

At .393 last season, the Cubs ranked No. 15 in baseball in slugging percentage.

There were just 13 teams in baseball with a lower batting average than the Cubs’ .242 batting average last season.

Nico Hoerner hit .273 a season ago with 35 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 44 walks.

Ian Happ had 25 home runs and 86 RBI a season ago.

Athletics’ Hitting Insights (2024)

The Athletics averaged 1.2 home runs per game to rank eighth in baseball with 196 total home runs last season.

A year ago, the Athletics ranked 17th in baseball with a slugging percentage of .393.

With a .233 batting average a year ago, the Athletics ranked 25th in MLB.

Last season, Brent Rooker had a .293 batting average with 39 home runs and 112 RBI.

JJ Bleday hit .243 with an OBP of .324 and a slugging percentage of .437.

Cubs’ Starting Pitcher

Ben Brown has been named the starter for the Cubs and will make his first start this season.

The 25-year-old righty has pitched out of the bullpen once already this year, but will make his first start.

He has pitched to a 6.75 ERA this season with 16.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 10.1 walks per nine across one game.

Athletics’ Starting Pitcher

Joey Estes gets the call to start for the Athletics, his first this season.

The 23-year-old righty last appeared Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 against the Seattle Mariners, when he started and went five innings.

Last season he put together a 7-9 record, a 5.01 ERA and a 1.230 WHIP over his 25 games.

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