Cubs, Ian Happ reach contract extension agreement: reports

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Cubs left fielder Ian Happ had a strong start to the 2023 season.After a skid in recent years, the Cubs went 2-for-2 on extension talks to start the year.

Left fielder Ian Happ and the Cubs came to an agreement on a three-year, $61 million contract extension, according to multiple reports Wednesday.

Happ has followed up his 2022 All-Star season with a hot start, going 11-for-35 with five extra-base hits and six RBI in the first 10 games of the season.

As spring training came to a close, the momentum in extension talks between the two parties appeared to slow. But Happ told the Sun-Times: “I don’t think there’s any benefit of putting deadlines out there, so it’s a fluid…