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Let the playoff expectations begin.

A lot of players wound up signing for far less than they were seeking and on deals that almost entirely lack any real long-term risk. So where were the Cubs?

Counsell opens his first season as the Cubs manager Thursday against the Rangers.

Notes: Manager Craig Counsell provides injury updates on left fielder Ian Happ and right-hander Jameson Taillon.

The Cubs gave Luke Little, Jose Cuas, Miles Mastrobuoni and Nick Madrigal some good news.

"Spring training is all about culture," Dansby Swanson said. "There's no in-game managing going on in spring training, right?"

The Chicago Cubs rotation features several pitchers who are settling into the Majors. As they adjust there will be growing pains with it.

The Cubs look like a better team than last year, but they'll have to prove it.

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Cubs and Dodgers were privately informed they will meet in Tokyo. The report added the Cubs will return to Arizona and open the domestic season on the West Coast before returning to Chicago.

Willy Adames went 3-for-3 with three homers, six RBIs and four runs to lift the host Milwaukee Brewers to a commanding 14-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in Phoenix. Adames went deep in the third, fifth and sixth to headline Milwauke...