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Cubs
Seiya Suzuki drove in three runs for his first big league RBIs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-0 Saturday for a testy win during which five batters were hit by pitches and the benches cleared.
White Sox
Cease went 6-1 in his final 11 starts of last season, and manager Tony La Russa sees a carryover. Cease (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five-plus innings with eight strikeouts and three walks. He is 9-0 against the Tigers.
White Sox
Javier Báez wound up with a winning RBI single on a game-ending replay reversal in his Detroit debut, and the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Friday.
Cubs
Ian Happ had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning, Nico Hoerner hit the majors' first homer of 2022, and Kyle Hendricks pitched neatly into the sixth.
Cubs
The 27-year-old Suzuki was a five-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner in nine seasons with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He batted .317 with 38 homers and 88 RBIs in 132 games last season and had nearly as many walks (87) as strikeouts (88).
White Sox
The 29-year-old Rodón spent his first seven major league seasons with the White Sox, and he is coming off a career-best season in which he set a high for wins and a career-low ERA over 24 starts.
Cubs
Ross, who turns 45 next week, was entering the final guaranteed season of a three-year deal that included a club option for 2023.
MLB
Lester helped Boston win the championship in 2007 and 2013, and led the Chicago Cubs pitching staff to the title in 2016.
MLB
Eleven weeks remain until pitchers and catchers are to report for spring training on Feb. 16, leaving about 70 days to reach a deal allowing for an on-time start. Opening day is set for March 31, and a minimum of three weeks of organized workouts have been required in the past.
Cubs
Stroman gets $25 million in each of the next two seasons and has a $21 million player option for 2024. His option price could increase by $2 million each for 160 innings in 2022 and ’23.
MLB
Shaking off the disappointment of Game 5, when they squandered a 4-0 lead and a chance to celebrate in front of their home fans, these Braves romped past the Houston Astros 7-0 to finish off the World Series four games to two.
Cubs
Bokhari was a visiting assistant professor in the statistics department during the 2014-15 academic year at the University of Illinois, where he earned his master's degree in statistics in 2011 and doctorate in quantitative psychology in 2014.