The Latest Breaking News from David Ross

For many of the young players, the final 3½ weeks of the season represent their final chance to improve their stock in front of their evaluators for 2023.

Hoerner was a National League Gold Glove finalist at second in 2020.

Madrigal will be one of the first projects for Blaine Kinsley, who was recently hired as the Cubs’ new strength and conditioning coach, manager David Ross disclosed.

The Cubs’ Ian Happ says players will adapt to new rules for 2023, but Mark Leiter Jr. is not too happy about them.

CHICAGO — If anyone expected a great outcry from players after Major League Baseball announced major rule changes for 2023 on Friday — a pitcher’s clock, enlarged bases and severe restrictions on defensive shifts — well, just take the temperature of P.J. Higgins’ reaction as an example.

The Chicago Cubs have nothing to prove in the remaining 25 games of the 2022 season, but they plan on playing out the schedule anyway.

Someday, the faces of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry could belong to former Stanford double-play partners Hoerner and Tommy Edman.

After sending the ball over the bullpen in left — a 429-foot blast — Pujols couldn’t wipe the ear-to-ear smile from his face as he circled the bases.

But if Ross really believes the free-agent-to-be might be back in the fold in 2023, he didn’t give it away.

ST. LOUIS — Willson Contreras dominated the headlines during the first four months of the Chicago Cubs season.

The player-interpreter relationship goes far beyond interviews and press conferences.