The Latest Breaking News from Jason Heyward

The Chicago Cubs are playing out the string in the 2022 season, just as they were doing this time last year after selling off their stars.

It was 2010. Jason Heyward was baseball’s No. 1 prospect. In spring training, he launched baseballs that pelted cars parked behind the outfield fence at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. He was from McDonough. He was big, strong and fast. He was wise beyond his tender years. Crusty folks who’d…

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said he doesn’t expect Heyward will return from the IL this year or play out the last year of his contract with the Cubs.

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs fans were supposed to get their first glimpse of the post-Willson Contreras era Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

ST. LOUIS — The Chicago Cubs rallied from a five-run deficit Sunday to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 in 10 innings, taking the series and ending a 17-games-in-17-day stretch with a 5-12 record.

All three games of the weekend series between the Cubs and Cardinals were decided by three runs or fewer.

Steele loaded the bases before Austin Riley’s sacrifice fly with reliever Scott Effross warming. But Jason Heyward’s catch of Marcell Ozuna’s wind-swept drive near the right-field corner with two outs provided relief.

NEW YORK — Going into pinch hitter Jose Trevino’s two-out at-bat in the 13th inning on Friday night at Yankee Stadium against the Chicago Cubs, the New York Yankees were 0-for-18 with runners in scoring position and had left 15 men on base.

Morel also has reached base in all 15 major-league games he’s played, a franchise record.