Cubs great Kyle Hendricks is retiring from baseball closing the book on a 12-year major league career that included a World Series title, an ERA crown and more than a decade of excellence in Chicago.

Hendricks, 35, posted a 3.79 ERA across 12 big-league seasons, 11 of them with the Chicago Cubs . Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the eighth round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Dartmouth, he joined the Cubs organization in a 2012 trade and became a cornerstone of the team’s rotation.

A source confirmed Hendricks’ retirement to Chicago Sun-Times reporter Maddie Lee, who reported the news on X, formerly Twitter, Monday. Hendricks' decision comes after USA Today reported in September that he had informed friends of his plans to retire, though he later told the Los Angeles Times he was sti

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