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How signings, Kyle Hendricks’ health affect Cubs’ pitching projections in 2023

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Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks is progressing in a throwing program, after missing much of last season with a shoulder injury. File photo.

Veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks and young reliever Codi Heuer — both of whom are rehabbing arm injuries — arrived at the Cubs’ spring-training facility in Mesa, Arizona, around the same time in the fall.

‘‘I got to know [Hendricks] pretty well throughout this process,’’ Heuer said on the phone this week. ‘‘And he’s been a guy I can lean on a little bit, an older guy that I can bounce some stuff off of if I’m feeling down or whatever it may be.