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‘Unmatched’ kindness: Reds teammates describe what Cubs can expect from catcher Tucker Barnhart

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Tucker Barnhart #18 of Chicago Cubs hits a single in the second inning against Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on April 03, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

CINCINNATI — Catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure there was a bottle of wine waiting in Curt Casali’s locker when his former teammate returned to Cincinnati for the first time in 2021.

‘‘It’s the little things that he always does,’’ Casali said in a conversation Monday with the Sun-Times. ‘‘He thinks about the things that you would never think of, and the kindness in his heart is unmatched in my book.