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Jordan Wicks surrenders three runs to A's in Cubs' 4-3 loss

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Cubs rookie Jordan Wicks has made sure to make the most of veteran right-hander Jameson Taillon’s openness.

“You can ask him any question about anything,” Wicks said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. “Like, ‘Hey, what do you think about this?’ And he’ll tell you the straight, honest truth. He’s not going to sugarcoat it.”

So, after a four-home run outing against the Dodgers last week, Wicks sought out Taillon’s perspective.

As Wicks tells it, Taillon shared his own experiences as a young player and the importance of not overreacting to bad starts; they’re going to happen.