Cubs, OF Ian Happ finalize three-year extension

[April 13, 2023]  Outfielder Ian Happ and the Chicago Cubs agreed to a three-year contract extension on Wednesday. 

The team announced the deal and, according to multiple reports, the three-year deal is worth $61 million covering the 2024-26 seasons. The Cubs avoided arbitration in January by signing Happ to a one-year, $10.85 million contract for 2023.

He made his first All-Star team and won his first Gold Glove in 2022, batting .271 with 17 homers and 72 RBIs in 158 games.

Entering Wednesday, Happ was batting .314 with a .981 OPS through 10 games.

Happ, 28, is a career .250 hitter with 105 homers and 314 RBIs in 688 games since making his Cubs debut in 2017.

--Field Level Media

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