The second phase of the Cubs’ season is set to begin, following the Tokyo Series earlier this month against the Dodgers. With Opening Day’s arrival for all of baseball, the North Siders had to reshuffle aspects of their roster on Thursday.

They put relievers Tyson Miller (left hip impingement, retroactive to March 21) and Ryan Brasier (strained left groin, retroactive to March 25) on the 15-day IL, freeing up room on the active roster for Keller and Eli Morgan, who the Cubs recalled from Triple-A Iowa.

The Diamondbacks held a team workout in preparation for Opening Day. "He was doing a nice job for us last year when he got hurt," Lovullo said of Jarvis. "He had to step away to heal up. We wanted to strongly consider him from the moment he walked back into camp healthy this year.