Hammel was scratched from his scheduled start Friday due to tightness in his elbow, CSN's Patrick Mooney reports.

EDGE Analysis

Hammel has pitched through the soreness and apparently could have started Friday had the game had playoff implications, but with home-field advantage already secured, the Cubs decided not to take any chances, and scratch him from the start. The team has not yet announced who will get the start Friday in Hammel's place.