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Chicago Cubs: PJ Higgins deserves your attention this spring

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Amidst more trade rumors, the catching position may soon be in question for the Chicago Cubs. Willson Contreras is under contract through 2022, but has been subject of trade rumors the past few years and the future of the position is presumably Miguel Amaya’s after that.

However, Amaya is not quite ready yet, and the Cubs need somebody else to emerge from a depth standpoint. PJ Higgins has the most experience of any catcher in the minor leagues, and it’s his time to prove it.

Higgins will be 28 in May, which is a little old for MiLB standards, but he broke out in 2019 with a .