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MESA, Ariz. — Nico Hoerner appears healthy enough to play second base when the Cubs resume the regular season Thursday, but it may take a month before he plays shortstop in an emergency or backup role.
“Early in the season, if something would happen to Dansby, I think you’d probably see somebody else there,” manager Craig Counsell said Sunday, hours before Rule 5 selection Gage Workman started at shortstop. “But I think as we get into the end of April and things like that, I think absolutely, Nico will be the be the guy.