Cub Tracks would rather be in Berwyn

... than at Salt River Field. Those Rockie bats!

Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).

Photos of Happ with Iowa.

• Jesse Rogers (ESPN*): What a GM see when he watches a baseball game. “All pitchers make adjustments to hitters,” Jed Hoyer says. “It’s their job to adjust back.”
• Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): ‘New’ Yu Darvish could make difference for Cubs. “We talked about this very early in camp, how he was showing up with a new attitude, not using a translator,” Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said.
• Mark Gonzales (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Cubs focusing on getting production throughout lineup, not finding a leadoff man: ‘We have plenty of good hitters’. “We’re going to get a lot of criticism,” Heyward said. “We have a lot expected of us. But nobody expects more out of us than us.”
• Gordon Wittenmyer (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Anthony Rizzo: No regrets over team-friendly Cubs deal amid mega-extension trend. “It definitely pops up [in your head], but it’s in and out quick,’’ Rizzo said. ‘‘Because at the end of the day, you’re set.”
• Evan Altman (Cubs Insider): Nico Hoerner learning to play like water while his hair’s on fire. “I think transitioning to this kind of baseball has been good for me and my personal development,” he said.
• Kevin Bilodeau (Live5News): Chris Singleton released by Cubs, says baseball career is over. “Lowcountry native says he’ll continue public speakings.”
• Cubs birthdays: Jim McCauley, Jamie Arnold, Chad Gaudin, Starlin Castro. Also notable: George Sisler (HoF).

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