CHICAGO – Ian Happ will willingly speak at length about all the valuable lessons he learned from the Cubs’ veterans in his first few years in the big leagues. Beyond all the insight about navigating a Major League clubhouse or playing on baseball’s biggest stage, he also saw how the established players gave back.

Happ saw Anthony Rizzo – a cancer survivor – hosting events through his foundation to help families impacted by pediatric cancer. He saw the work being done away from the field by Jon Lester, Cole Hamels and former manager Joe Maddon. Happ watched Kyle Schwarber go from participating in events to launching his own foundation. He saw Jason Heyward making an impact in Chicago neighborhoods.

“In those first few years, that was the standard,” Happ said this week. “The standard of

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