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HISTORICAL FACTS: Cubs pitchers enter spring training with head start on previous years - Caught on Camera

Cubs Justin Steele Spring Training Marcus Stroman Dansby Swanson Jameson Taillon Nico Hoerner Mesa ARIZ Arizona

Justin Steele throws a football at the Cubs’ spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona. (John Antonoff/Sun-Times)

MESA, Ariz. — Players went into the offseason knowing how much time they had to get ready for spring training and build up to the regular season. That’s more than they could say the past three years.

So, when Cubs spring training opened with their first formal pitchers and catchers workout Wednesday, they had what felt like a head start.

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