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Davenport played the last two seasons with Detroit, but was limited to 10 combined games due to chest and triceps injuries.

About half the players on the Illinois roster are new to the team, which makes the Illini vulnerable to a regression.

QB Aidan Chiles (transfer from Michigan State), LB Kobie McKinzie (transfer from Oklahoma), DL Jamaal Johnson (transfer from UCF), TE Alex Honig (transfer from UConn) and DB Montae Pate (transfer from Weber State).

He pitched for Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees, the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics.

“There was a calmness and a smile, like, ‘I’m here,’” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “It’s rare for me to pick my head up to enjoy parts of it. He didn’t exactly give us an option but to actually take a step back and enjoy the heck out of what was going on there.”

Two members of the Lasnoski family were winners, even if victory wasn’t the goal.

McCaskey acknowledged the “anxiety” of a move to northwest Indiana for the team’s fans.

Johnson said Bryant had surgery Friday without disclosing details of the injury.

Fun is the overarching theme when it comes to stadium giveaways, and business has been good at major league ballparks this year.

Anderson was selected by Chicago with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft.