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Paul Sullivan: Tom Ricketts breaks his silence on the Chicago Cubs rebuild, saying the team is ‘making progress’

The Chicago Cubs are playing out the string in the 2022 season, just as they were doing this time last year after selling off their stars. It’s something fans are getting used to again after six straight years of watching contending teams, and something most fans expect will happen again next August. So what’s the plan? No one but Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts and team President Jed Hoyer really ...
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts talks on the phone during spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, March 16, 2022.

The Chicago Cubs are playing out the string in the 2022 season, just as they were doing this time last year after selling off their stars.

It’s something fans are getting used to again after six straight years of watching contending teams, and something most fans expect will happen again next August.

So what’s the plan?

No one but Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts and team President Jed Hoyer really knows, and neither is providing specifics.

But as the Cubs prepared to go under the national spotlight Thursday in the Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, Ricketts broke his silence

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