Cubs sign Gold Glove winner Nico Hoerner to six-year, $141 million contract extension

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hoerner-nico/Y51Hy5qp/"]Hoerner[/a], 28, went 0-for-4 at the plate with a run during Thursday's 10-4 loss to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/washington-nationals/CE026gRp/"]Washington Nationals[/a]. The Oakland native had a solid year for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-cubs/j7ZnBQFi/"]Cubs[/a] last season, batting a career-best .297 (100 games min.) with seven home runs and 61 RBI - the second most in a season for Hoerner - through 156 games. [/p][p]Hoerner has also recorded at least 29 stolen bases in each of the last three seasons and has earned two Gold Glove Awards. [/p][embed guid="d0685adb-c72f-4373-a688-f3ef6c6ebf94" url="https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/2037655212022718521?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Now in his eighth MLB season, Hoerner has spent each of them with the Cubs since making his big league debut in 2019. Since 2021, Hoerner has never finished a season with a batting average below .270.[/p][p]Chicago had also recently signed All-Star centerfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/crow-armstrong-pete/WSh7LACO/"]Pete Crow-Armstrong[/a] to a six-year, $115 million extension earlier in the week, which kicks in next season and doesn't include any club options.[/p][p]The Cubs will take on the Nationals for Game 2 of their three-game Opening Weekend series on Saturday, March 28th.[/p]