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At long last, Dillon Maples is back. That probably doesn’t hearten everyone here, but I’m eager to see him back with the big league Cubs for a variety of reasons. Kyle Ryan is being optioned back to Triple-A Iowa to make room for Maples, who is being activated off the IL. He had a triceps strain, from which he was able to pitch relatively quickly at Iowa, but the Cubs were content to let his rehab stint run its full course. With Iowa, Maples threw 9.2 innings over 7 appearances, posting a 3.72 ERA, a 25.6% K rate, and an 18.6% walk rate. Not great numbers, but with rehab stints, you never...

Dillon Maples from the 10-day injured list before Monday’s 8-3 loss to the Cardinals. Maples had been on the IL since June 16 with a strained right triceps. He has a 1.99 ERA with 32 strikeouts and 14 walks in 18 appearances. He tossed a scoreless inning in the loss. In a corresponding move, the Cubs optioned left-hander Kyle Ryan to Triple-A Iowa. Ryan has an 8.31 ERA in five appearances with the Cubs this season. ‘‘[Maples] is throwing well,’’ manager David Ross said. ‘‘He had a good outing [in] his last [rehab] outing two days ago, threw the ball well. He’s been health...

Hoerner has a .338/.405/.432 slash line in 21 games. “It’s been moving along nicely for him the last couple of days,” manager David Ross said before the game. “All these guys, Trevor, Steele, [ David] Bote’s not far behind. I think he’ll be any day now. Guys are starting to kind of turn that corner right here before the All-Star break. “So it’d be nice to see these guys get some games under their belt, get them healthy, get them back in the lineup and then still have some days off to recover with the All-Star break coming up. So yeah, it’s kind of a kind of good timing....

Pederson, who played with the Dodgers in 2014-20, received a video tribute along with his World Series ring Thursday.

NEW YORK — Kris Bryant sat out the Cubs’ game Wednesday against Jacob deGrom and the Mets because of a bruised right thumb. He was hit in the thumb by a fastball during his first at-bat of the Cubs’ 3-2 loss Tuesday. While X-rays were negative, the Cubs obviously will be cautious with Bryant because he has meant everything to their offense this season, slashing .292/.374/.544 with 13 home runs and 38 RBI. ‘‘KB’s better,’’ manager David Ross said. ‘‘He felt better this morning. He’ll take some swings in the cage inside, but just the spot where he got hit, [he] kind ...