The Chicago Cubs are exercising their 2024 options on right-hander Kyle Hendricks and catcher Yan Gomes, a source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers on Sunday.
Hendricks, the final remaining player from the Cubs’ 2016 World Series-winning team, will make $16.5 million in 2024. Gomes will make $6 million next season.
The 33-year-old Hendricks missed the start of the 2023 season while recovering from a capsule tear in his pitching shoulder. He made his first start in May and went 6-8 with a 3.74 ERA over 24 starts.
Gomes, 36, hit .267 with 10 home runs and 63 RBIs in 115 games last season, his second with the Cubs.
Also Sunday, San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Martinez became a free agent after he and the team both declined options for 2024 and 2025.
San Diego turned down options at $16 million annually, and Martinez declined options at $8 million per year.
Left-hander Jarlín García‘s $3.25 million team option was declined by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. He did not pitch in the 2023 regular season because of a nerve injury in his upper left arm.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.