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Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer could sense about a week and a half ago that Cody Bellinger was leaning toward opting into his contract. News of Bellinger’s decision came out this past weekend, but Hoyer had already had time to talk with his baseball operations group about how it figured into their offseason plan.
“It adds clarity to what we need to do, and now it’s just a matter of gathering the information,” Hoyer said Monday, as GM meetings kicked off in San Antonio.