The five-year contract extension Theo Epstein received from the Chicago Cubs could be worth more than $50 million, according to reports.

Jesse Rogers of ESPN reports that Epstein could make more than $50 million through incentives.

Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod also received new five-year deals from the Cubs.

The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates played to the first tie in Major League Baseball since June 2005 on Thursday.

Rain forced the teams to stop playing in the sixth inning with the score tied 1-1 and led to a delay of nearly 90 minutes. Because the game has no effect on postseason positioning and the teams aren't scheduled to play again this season, MLB decided the game would not be made up and officially declared it a tie.

All stats from the game will count.

In addition to Theo Epstein, the Chicago Cubs have also agreed to new contracts with top executives Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod.

McLeod had recently been linked to the president of baseball operations job with the Minnesota Twins.

The Chicago Cubs and Theo Epstein have agreed to a five-year contract extension.

Epstein's initial contract with the club was set to expire after the season.

Terms of the new deal weren't released.

"In the five years under Theo's leadership, he has brought in a strong executive team and acquired and developed some of the best players in the game. Now, the results are on the field. My family and I have no doubt that we have moved closer to our goal of delivering Cubs fans the World Series Championship they deserve," team chairman Tom Ricketts said.

The New York Yankees are expected to make a run at re-signing Aroldis Chapman, who they traded to the Chicago Cubs this summer.

New York could easily have success with Dellin Betances as their closer, Chapman is more athletic on the mound and as a left-hander he controls the running game better.

Opposing base runners have stolen just one base in two tries against Chapman this season.

Jake Arrieta has endured an up-and-down season and a loss to the Brewers continued the trend.

Arrieta gave up four hits over six innings, but walked four and surrendered a home run to Ryan Braun.

"I'm not concerned with it," he said. "Just need to find that comfort with the sinker in the strike zone, first pitch. After that, it opens up a lot of doors. We're working on it."

While Arrieta seems focused on his off-speed stuff, Joe Maddon often references his velocity.

"There were a lot of 93s (mph)," Maddon said. "I think he hit 95 once or twice. But he's not complaining of being tired or anything bothering him physically."

The Chicago Cubs became the first Major League team to clinch a division crown when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night.

The Cubs had a chance to clinch the division with a win, but lost to the Milwaukee Brewers.

"This is just the first step," Joe Maddon said. "I mean, we have much larger baseball fish to fry in our skillet."

It marks the first time the Cubs have won a division title since 2008.

"We've got a lot ahead of us. We really do," Theo Epstein said. "It kind of all boils down to how you perform in October."

The Minnesota Twins have openings to fill in their front office and have already advanced through a large portion of the process.

In conjunction with an executive search firm, the Twins have already nearly wrapped up formulating a list of first-round interview candidates.

Minnesota has formally requested permission to interview Chicago Cubs executive Jason McLeod.

The Minnesota Twins are searching for executives and are "looking closely" at some members of the Chicago Cubs front office.

Specifically, the Twins have interest in Jason McLeod and Shiraz Rehman.

It was reported on Tuesday that the Twins are considering former Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos.

With an eye on October, the Cubs will continue with a six-man rotation this month as lefty Mike Montgomery will remain a starter despite the return of John Lackey from the disabled list.

"Just trying to keep guys fresh for the rest of the year," manager Joe Maddon said before Sunday's game against the San Francisco Giants. "It's no more complicated than that."