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When asked about potential extensions for Happ and Nico Hoerner, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said the club has “started the process.”

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs could not afford to sit on the sideline in free agency.

“I have optimism in everything that I do and have gone in with the highest of expectations every single year that I’ve had this job,” the manager said. “But are those expectations more realistic now? Probably so.”

The team also announced that catcher P.J. Higgins rejected his outright assignment, electing free agency.

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This pitching staff’s greatest strength is an element they lacked early last season.

The baseball year has began rather quietly, at least compared to the frenetic pace of free agency last month. As of this morning, the two most notable acquisitions this week came in the NL Central: the Cubs have agreed to a one-year, $720,000 deal with first baseman Eric Hosmer, and…

Barnhart, with over eight years of major-league service time under his belt, has caught pitching staffs of all makeups.

Ray Guy, Bruce Sutter, John Clayton and Earnie Shavers were notable among sports deaths in 2022.