Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has named pitcher Matthew Boyd as the team's opening day starter.

As the Cubs get ready for their Opening Day matchup against the Nationals, manager Craig Counsell has already picked his starting pitcher.

When Cubs manager Craig Counsell was asked a few weeks ago whether he’d ever been in a camp with so few real roster decisions to make, he challenged the premise of the question. “That’s today,” Counsell said.

The Chicago Cubs have made some more moves to keep trimming up the roster ahead of Opening Day in just two weeks.

There are roster battles in camp that are starting to take shape, giving a little clarity on the Chicago Cubs’ direction for the 26-man roster together ahead of opening day on March 26.

While a group of the Cubs’ stars are taking part in the World Baseball Classic, the team has the ongoing task in Arizona of evaluating the group and thinking about ways to build its Opening Day roster.

Would the Chicago Cubs still look to upgrade this area of concern headed into the start of the season this month?