MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs are leaving spring training with one contract extension at the finish line.
Second baseman Nico Hoerner agreed to a three-year, $35 million extension, ESPN reported Monday. The deal runs through Hoerner’s remaining two years of arbitration eligibility and first year of free agency.
‘‘The financial side of the game is a deeply personal thing,’’ Hoerner told the Sun-Times this spring. ‘‘Whether it means signing something right at the beginning of your career or before free agency or waiting till free agency and getting every possible dollar, all those things are very individual choices.