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Breaking: Kyle Hendricks gets a 4-year extension with Cubs

Feb 15, 2019; Mesa, Az, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (28) throws in the bullpen during spring training at Slaon Park. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports

The Chicago Cubs announced today that they reached a deal with right-hander Kyle Hendricks, agreeing on a four-year contract extension with a team option for 2024. Hendricks was already on a contract worth $7.405 million for this year, and according to Jesse Rogers, Kyle will earn $63 million before the club option.

Additionally, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the team option will be activated if Hendricks is in the top three in Cy Young voting in 2020, and it would be for $16 million including a $1.5 million buyout.

Hendricks finished last season with the 14-11 record and a 3.44 ERA in a career-high 199 innings and 33 starts. The 29-year-old pitcher is quite unorthodox considering today’s pitching world, as his fastball is actually one of the slowest in the MLB. Thanks to a devastating changeup and control of the ball, Kyle recorded the lowest ERA (2.13) in the league in 2016, the year the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. That year, Hendricks had a 16-8 record and finished third in Cy Young voting.

“Hopefully, watching the way I pitch and get guys out will relate to a lot of younger pitchers,” Hendricks said Tuesday. “It’s not always about velocity but about the way you go about getting guys out at the major league level.”

“Early on it’s easy to put ceilings on guys, based mostly on velocity,” Cubs president Theo Epstein said Tuesday. “He’s far exceeded that ceiling. We love the process that he uses to get to where he is. He’s always working.”

The former Dartmouth College pitcher was an 8th round pick back in the 2011 draft and was selected by the Texas Rangers but in 2012, Texas traded him to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ryan Dempster. This will be Hendricks sixth season with Chicago and so far in his career, he has the 52-33 record with a 3.07 ERA, 186 walks, and 668 strikeouts.

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