Cubs agree to terms with 25 players on 2017 contracts

MLB Press Release | 3:42 PM ET

Craig House
Wrigley Rapport
Published in
2 min readMar 9, 2017

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The Chicago Cubs have agreed to 2017 contract terms with 25 players on their 40-man roster with zero-to-three years of major league service. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.

The following players have agreed to 2017 contract terms:

Right-handed pitchers Aaron Brooks, Jake Buchanan, Eddie Butler, Carl Edwards Jr., Kyle Hendricks, Pierce Johnson, Alec Mills, Felix Pena, Jose Rosario and Duane Underwood Jr.

Left-handed pitchers Jack Leathersich, Mike Montgomery, Caleb Smith and Rob Zastryzny.

Catchers Victor Caratini, Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber.

Infielders Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Jeimer Candelario, Tommy La Stella and Addison Russell.

Outfielders Albert Almora Jr., Jacob Hannemann and Matt Szczur.

According to an early report from from FanRagSports.com A source close to the situation said that Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant has signed a $1.05 million contract for the upcoming 2017 season, a record for a second-year player.

*Wrigley Rapport will be reporting more as details emerge.

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