Dodgers (5-3) vs. Cubs (2-5-2) March 4, 2017 … … Spring Game No. 10 RHP (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP (0-0, 0.00)

2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The continue their schedule when they host the at Sloan Park in a Cubs 2017 Spring Record rematch of the 2016 Championship Series. Overall: 2-5-2 ...... Home: 1-2-2 ...... Road: 1-3  This marks the Cubs’ 39th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Upcoming Probable Starters  is second, as this marks the club’s 37th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Sunday at Rangers:  The longest streak in the majors is held by Detroit, who has called LHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, 0.00) Lakeland, Fla., their home for the last 72 years.

YESTERDAY AT SLOAN: The Cubs yesterday fell to the Reds, 8-4, as Eloy Jimenez his first homer of the Cactus League season, a solo shot with Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results one out in the eighth that gave Chicago its first hit of the game … minor leaguer Yasiel Balaguert added a three- shot in the frame. DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT.  Mike Montgomery got the start and struck out three in his 1.0 inning of Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 work, allowing an unearned run on two hits. San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515

RESPECT BALD: and Cubs players this morning will participate in Sun, 2/26 T, 1-1 15,388 the third-annual Respect Bald charity event by Field One at the Under Armour Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621 Performance Center … Cubs Charities will donate net proceeds to Joe Maddon's Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688 Respect 90 Foundation to help support pediatric cancer research and programs.  Fans may visit the following website to donate to this worthy cause … Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/community/charities/respectbald.jsp. Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722

CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 66 players in camp, including 26 non- – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 40 (16 non-roster), six Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 (two non-roster), 12 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.)#* (three non-roster). Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise+  Chicago has its top selections in the 2011 (Javier Baez), 2012 ( Jr.), 2013 (), 2014 () and 2015 (Ian Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe (1:10 p.m.)* Happ) drafts in camp. Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy*  This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Thu, 3/9 Seattle* Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria (1:10 p.m.)* CUBS MEDIA GUIDE: The 2017 Cubs Media Guide is available online at Sat, 3/11 Colorado+ www.cubspressbox.com and mlbpressbox.com. Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa+ JOE MADDON AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as manager Mon, 3/13 – Peoria (1:10 p.m.)* of the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first title in 108 Tue, 3/14 * years … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager of the Year by the BBWAA. Wed, 3/15 Arizona (7:05 p.m.)^*  The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in professional Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale* baseball, his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale (12:05 p.m.)* manager. Sat, 3/18 WBC Asia Team*  Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Milwaukee – Maryvale+ 2013) and winning the pennant in 2008. Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.)^+

ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF: The Cubs return the same coaching staff from Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* the last two seasons, with bench and hitting coach John Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY Mallee beginning their third seasons with the Cubs … pitching coach Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)^+ starts his sixth year with the club. Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.)  handles first base coaching duties for a third-straight season while third-base coach returns for his fourth season Fri, 3/24 Cleveland* … enters his 11th season as the team’s bullpen coach … Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)^+ is in his sixth year with the team as the catching and Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* strategy coach. Sun, 3/26 San Diego*  is in his fourth year on the Cubs coaching staff, his third as assistant hitting coach … is in his third year as a quality Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)#+ assurance coach, Franklin Font is in his sixth season as a staff assistant Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)+ and Chad Noble is in his fourth season as the bullpen . Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^* NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Wed, 3/29 Oakland* roster since the conclusion of the 2016 season … the Cubs also had 13 new Thu, 3/30 (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* players on the 40-man entering the 2016 Spring Training campaign.  Pitchers Brett Anderson, Brian Duensing and Koji Uehara, as well as Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^* outfielder Jon Jay, were signed as free agents. +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com  Pitchers Eddie Butler, Wade Davis, Alec Mills and Caleb Smith were All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted acquired via trades.  Pitchers , José Rosario and Duane Underwood, catcher 2017 SLOAN PARK ATTENDANCE FIGURES Victor Caratini and outfielder Jacob Hannemann were promoted from within. No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ...... 5/72,663 Average Attendance ...... 14,533 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: The Cubs have eight players in their organization on World Baseball Classic rosters, including five in major league camp: John Andreoli (Italy), Javier Baez (Puerto Rico), Jim Henderson (Canada), (Venezuela) and Hector Rondon (Venezuela). 2016 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2016 won their third World Series in franchise  Also on WBC rosters from the Cubs organization: RHP Miguel Mejia history, and their first since winning consecutive titles in 1907 and 1908, when (Puerto Rico), RHP Mario Meza (Mexico) and RHP Erling Moreno they defeated the in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … (Colombia). the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4- FIVE ON THE LIST: Five Cubs made MLB.com’s Top-100 Prospects List that came 2, in the NLCS. out last month: outfielder Eloy Jimenez is 13th, infielder Ian Happ is 28th, outfielder Albert Almora Jr. is 75th, Dylan Cease is 77th and infielder SLOAN PARK: The Cubs return for their fourth season at Sloan Park following 17 is 96th. years at in Mesa (1997-2013) … the club set numerous Spring Training attendance marks last season, averaging 15,078 fans per game. AGAINST THE DODGERS: The Cubs and Dodgers play twice this month … the  Sloan Park owns the top-10 single-game Cactus League attendance teams next meet in Glendale on March 16 … the clubs first meet in the regular marks, including the record of 15,523 set March 20, 2016 vs. the Royals. season to begin Chicago’s home schedule during a three-game set, April 10-13.

CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2017 Cactus League Play

THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 1-3 3.68 14.2 13 7 6 2 4 12 Cubs Relievers 1-2 4.83 63.1 59 36 34 7 27 40 Totals 2-5 4.62 78.0 72 43 40 9 31 52

Today’s Cubs Starter — #28 RHP Kyle Hendricks

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — CUBS 8-7 3.95 32 32 1 1 180.0 166 82 79 17 43 167 2016 — CUBS 16-8 +2.13 31 30 2 1 190.0 142 53 45 15 44 170 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 31-17 2.92 76 75 3 2 450.1 380 159 146 36 102 384

Kyle last season finished third in the N.L. Cy Young vote after leading the majors with a 2.13 ERA and setting career marks in victories (16), pitched (190.0) and (170) ... all told, is 31-17 with a 2.92 ERA (146 ER/450.1 IP) in 76 games (75 starts) for the Cubs since making his big league debut in 2014.  His career ERA of 2.92 ranks third among all active pitchers with at least 75 starts, trailing only (2.37) and Jacob deGrom (2.74).  Is tied for the franchise lead with seven postseason starts.  Was acquired from Texas, July 31, 2012, with infielder Christian Villanueva, for pitcher .  The Cubs 2013 Minor League Pitcher of the Year, he was selected by the Rangers in the eighth round of the 2011 June Draft.

In 2016, Kyle led the majors with a 2.13 ERA and finished third in N.L. Cy Young voting ... became the first Cub to lead the majors in ERA in 78 years since Bill Lee’s 2.66 ERA paced MLB in 1938 ... went 16-8 with a 2.13 ERA (45 ER/190.0 IP) with two complete games and one shutout ... set career marks for wins, innings pitched and strikeouts (170).  Ranked among major league leaders in ERA (1st, 2.13), opponent OPS (1st, .581), WHIP (2nd, 0.98), opponent OBP (2nd, .262), opponent slugging (2nd, .319), hits per nine innings (3rd, 6.73) and opponent average (5th, .207).  Went 9-2 with a 1.32 ERA (14 ER/95.1 IP) in 15 games (14 starts) at ... marked the lowest home ERA for any pitcher in baseball … his 1.32 ERA at Wrigley Field is the second-best single-season mark in franchise history (min. 10 GS).  Allowed three or fewer earned runs in 22-straight starts from May 22-September 26, the longest stretch of his career and the best such streak in the majors ... pitched to a 1.58 ERA (25 ER/142.0 IP) in those 22 starts.  According to Fangraphs, 25.1 percent of his batted balls were hit softly, which ranked tops in the majors.  Went 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA (4 ER/25.1 IP) in five playoff starts, tied for the most in one postseason in Cubs history (also, Jon Lester in 2016) ... his 1.42 ERA was the lowest among any pitcher who started more than one game in the playoffs and the lowest since ’s 1.03 mark in 2014.  Earned the win in the decisive Game Six of the NLCS vs. the Dodgers, allowing just two hits and no walks in 7.1-scoreless innings … started another decisive contest, Game Seven of the World Series ... allowed only two runs (one earned) on four hits over 4.2 innings en route to the Cubs first championship in 108 years.

* * * * * Cubs Relievers

#37 LHP BRETT ANDERSON: Brett joins the Cubs following eight big league seasons #56 RHP HECTOR RONDON: Hector has 77 saves, 18 holds and a 2.97 ERA (79 with Oakland (2009-13), Colorado (2014) and the Dodgers (2015-16), in which he ER/239.0 IP) in four seasons in the Cubs bullpen ... was selected by Chicago in the posted a 3.86 ERA (294 ER/685.2 IP) with a 38-43 record, three complete games, major league portion of the 2012 Rule 5 Draft after he spent the first eight seasons one shutout and three saves in 127 career games, all but 12 in a starting role. of his pro career in the Cleveland Indians system.  The lefty has a 58.9 percent groundball rate in his career, third-highest  Ranks sixth in Cubs history with 77 saves, trailing fifth-place Ryan Dempster among all active pitchers with at least 500.0 innings of work. (87 saves).  Set career highs with 31 starts and 180.1 innings in 2015 for the Dodgers.  Has limited opponents to a .225 average and .280 OBP in 235 career  In March of last season, he underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a appearances, all with Chicago. bulging disk in his lower back ... began the season on the 60-day D.L. …  In 2016, he began the season as the Cubs closer before transitioning to a set- pitched in four games (three starts) for the Dodgers, allowing 15 runs in 11.1 up man role upon the addition of in late July ... posted a innings while going 1-2. 1.72 ERA (6 ER/31.1 IP) in 32 outings in the season’s first half before posting a 6.41 ERA (14 ER/19.2 IP) in 22 appearances in the second half. #6 RHP CARL EDWARDS JR.: Carl spent more than three months on the major  Appeared in seven playoff games, going 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA (3 ER/6.0 IP). league roster in 2016, his second year pitching in the big leagues ... made his major league debut in September of 2015 ... has posted a 3.76 ERA (17 ER/40.2 IP) with #46 RHP : Pedro is in his fifth season with the Cubs after he was two saves in 41-career games with the Cubs dating to 2015. acquired from Baltimore in a four-player deal, July 2, 2013 … has pitched in all or  Has gone 20-11 with a 2.21 ERA (78 ER/317.2 IP), seven saves and a complete parts of eight major league seasons with Texas (2009-11), Baltimore (2011-13) and game in 110 career minor league outings, including 49 starts ... transitioned the Cubs, posting 116 holds, nine saves and a 3.23 ERA (122 ER/339.2 IP) in 376 from a starter to a reliever in 2015. relief appearances.  Last season, he made 36 relief appearances for Chicago, posting a 3.75 ERA  Agreed to a 2018 contract extension with a club option for 2019 on February (15 ER/36.0 IP) with a 0.81 WHIP and a .123 opposing average. 24, 2017.  In 2016, he N.L. pitchers (min. 30.0 IP) in swing-and-miss percentage (39.5  Since joining the Cubs in July of 2013, he has posted a 2.68 ERA (63 ER/211.1 percent), opposing average (.123) and H/9.0 IP (3.75) ... led N.L. rookies (min. IP) with 254 strikeouts and six saves in 232 outings ... his .173 opponent 30.0 IP) in soft-hit percentage (25.0 percent), opposing OBP (.210), opposing batting average during that span ranks second in the N.L., trailing only Aroldis OPS (.456), WHIP (0.81) and percentage (37.7 percent). Chapman (.150).  Combined to go 0-1 with a 2.84 ERA (2 ER/6.1 IP) in eight post-season relief  His 84 holds are the most in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Carlos appearances ... made two scoreless appearances (2.0 IP) in the NLDS vs. San Marmol’s 82 holds from 2006-13. Francisco and three scoreless outings (1.2 IP) in the NLCS vs. the Dodgers.  Missed over a month last season with a left meniscus tear, suffered August 10 … returned in late September … tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in three #83 RHP SETH FRANKOFF: Seth signed a minor league deal with the Cubs in World Series appearances. November of 2016 ... is 25-25 with two complete games, one shutout, 29 saves and a 3.67 ERA (212 ER/520.1 IP) in 242 career minor league games (49 starts) in the Athletics (2010-15) and Dodgers (2016) farm systems.  Has walked just 188 and struck out 512 batters in 520.1 career innings ... opponents have batted just .246.  In 2016, he spent a majority of the season with -A Tulsa but missed nearly two months on the disabled list (May 30-July 16) with a right oblique muscle strain.  Originally selected by Oakland in the 27th round of the 2010 draft.