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• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Cubs Injury Notes: Timelines on Kyle Hendricks and Codi Heuer. “The timeline for Kyle Hendricks is still uncertain...” He was supposed to start throwing in early December at the Arizona complex, but nothing has been said publicly yet.
• Maddie Lee (Chicago Sun-Times*): How signings, Kyle Hendricks’ health affect Cubs’ pitching projections in 2023. “This pitching staff’s greatest strength is an element they lacked early last season.”
• Tim Stebbins (NBC Sports Chicago*): State of Cubs’ 40-man roster with offseason moves. “... a little over a month until spring training...” Andy Martinez has more of this.
• Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): Tucker Barnhart talks moving back to lefty-only hitting, psychology of catching. “... Barnhart offered tremendous insight into how he goes about his business and what brought him to Chicago.”

• Cameron Zunkel (Cubbies Crib*): 3 players the Cubs can’t trade under any circumstances. Worth looking at.
• Michael Brakebill (Cubbies Crib*): Could Gleyber Torres trade make sense? “The Yankees are simply looking for a left-handed reliever.”
• Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): Even more reasons why the Cubs should bet on Ian Happ. “... I talked to Ian Happ about it to get a fuller picture.”

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