Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts hopes the tough end to the season inspires the team to come back ready in 2024.
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They closed the season by losing 15 of their last 22 games. Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts described the up-and-down 83-79 year as “four different seasons” from getting off to an OK start and the subsequent slump that nearly derailed the season to rallying back over .500 and the rough final three weeks in September.
“Rossy had a great season and the players play hard for him,” Ricketts said. “He’s our guy, so I like him a lot. He had a good year. ... When the team got down, way below .500 and it looked like the season was over, he didn’t let it go. He got the guys back and playing hard and we got to here so he was a big part of that. He’s a great manager.
Key roster decisions await president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer and the front office as they enter the offseason. Among them are the futures of outfielder Cody Bellinger and right-hander Kyle Hendricks. Bellinger will become a free agent when he declines his end of a mutual option, and the 28-year-old is expected to have a strong market as one of the top free-agent sluggers.
“We’d love to have him back,” Ricketts said. “And that’s something that will be up to the baseball guys and the free-agent markets.
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