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MESA, Ariz. — Right-hander Héctor Neris was establishing himself as the Phillies’ closer when Mark Leiter Jr. debuted in 2017. Leiter considers himself lucky, both to have had Neris around then and to have him as a teammate again this year with the Cubs.
“He's been through everything in this game, and he's going to be an unbelievable teammate to learn from first and foremost,” Leiter said in a conversation with the Sun-Times.