Keith Law of The Athletic has said that Eli Willits, a high school shortstop, might be the answer that the Birds are looking for, and the shortstop even has baseball in his DNA, with his father, Reggie, having coached for the New York Yankees, and his brother, Jaxon, also plays.

The Chicago Cubs (53-36) and the St. Louis Cardinals (48-42) have split the series so far as they close out their series on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.