Good morning, Chicago.

Cubs and White Sox players still were processing MLB Players Association leader Tony Clark’s abrupt decision to resign from his position Tuesday morning.

Word started circulating among players when the news broke that Clark, 53, was stepping down less than 10 months before Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1. Clark was scheduled to begin the MLBPA’s annual spring meetings with each team’s players Tuesday, starting with the Guardians in the morning and the White Sox in the afternoon. However, the union canceled those plans. The meeting with the Cubs was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Second baseman Nico Hoerner, in his second season as the Cubs player rep, was unsure what the next steps would entail to replace Clark, the union’s executive director since November 2013.

“The great part about our union is the unity of it, " he said. "So that’ll be a nice opportunity for everyone to get on the same page and move forward.”

“He unified players really well,” White Sox pitcher Davis Martin added. “Player unity is the strength of our union, and that’s not changing with whoever is at the top of it.”

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