Confidence in Cubs catchers

Montero feared he was not on Chicago postseason roster.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon chuckled after hearing Game 1 hero Miguel Montero wonder as recently as two months ago whether he would make the Cubs postseason roster after losing much of his playing time to rookie catcher Willson Contreras and no longer being paired with Jake Arrieta.

“It’s incredible what goes through players’ minds at different times when things aren’t going well,” Maddon said.

With the Cubs running away with a playoff berth, Maddon said he merely wanted to see how Contreras worked with Arrieta.

“It’s more of an information-gathering experience as opposed to lack of confidence in him,” Maddon said. “You try to pair guys up when it’s less tension-filled, that’s a good thing. That was all about trying to familiarize everyone with everyone else. It wasn’t a lack of confidence in him.”

Montero is scheduled to start tonight with Arrieta.

Beer-can tosser out of a job: The man suspected of throwing a beer can at Baltimore outfielder Hyun Soo Kim during a playoff game in Toronto is no longer employed at the media company for which he worked.

Ken Pagan was charged with mischief for allegedly throwing the can in the seventh inning of the AL wildcard game.

A Postmedia spokeswoman said Pagan, a 41-yearold copy editor, had left the news organization. Georgia Sourtzis wouldn’t elaborate on the circumstances of Pagan’s departure, but the company had said earlier that it was conducting an internal investigation following the beer-tossing incident.

Toronto police detective Pat Alberga has said security camera footage inside the stadium helped identify the suspect.

A police photo was widely distributed on social media earlier this month. Pagan later turned himself in to police.