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Cubs’ Nico Hoerner might not win a starting job, but his strong camp is winning praise

Seven players logged significant time at second base for the 2019 Cubs. Three of them — David Bote, Daniel Descalso and Ian Happ — are in the 2020 roster mix.

And if things go as new manager David Ross hopes they will, none of them will have a real impact on how things go at a position that was, offensively speaking, a glaring weak spot for the team last season.

A fourth Cub played exactly one game at second for the team last year, but he’s a big part of the current plans.