However, there have been no signs that the Cubs are interested in signing Chapman, who is a free agent at the end of the year, to a contract extension before the end of the year.
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The Yankees, of course, acquired Chapman in the off-season from the Cincinnati Reds.
The New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs have completed a trade involving Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman. At 59-38 on the season, the Cubs are one of the best teams in baseball.
The Cubs sent four players to the New York Yankees to acquire the best available relief pitcher on baseball’s trade market Monday – but not before having three top team officials talk with Chapman about his sizeable off-the-field baggage.
Warren, who Chicago acquired from the Yankees previous year for Starlin Castro has an ERA of 5.91 this season in 35 innings of action.
The Cubs are shipping three players to NY for a Chapman rental. People in the Reds organization have said he was nothing but a professional even after they traded him to NY.
I’m guessing it will be the same way with Chapman – Epstein and Hoyer will have no regrets. “I think they’re probably one of the better teams in both leagues right now”.
Also included in the deal is righthander Adam Warren, who’s heading back to where he came only three months into a mediocre Cubs career. He missed the season’s first 30 games after he was the first player to be suspended by Major League Baseball for the league’s Joint Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Sexual Assault policy. Looking back, I feel I have learned from this matter and have grown as a person. No arrests were made, but a police report said that Chapman fired a gun eight times in his garage, and his girlfriend alleged that Chapman pushed her and put his hands around her neck. The Cubs championship drought is well-documented, but it appears Theo Epstein is getting behind his talented young hitters and veteran pitchers and going all-in.
While several Cubs’ prospects shifted upward in the rankings, the Yankees added two new prospects to their top five.
Against potential playoff opponents, Chapman has struck out 28 in 17 innings against the Washington Nationals while limiting them to a.125 batting average to go with a 1.04 ERA.
Warren was drafted by NY and made his major league debut with the Yankees in 2012.
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Chapman certainly has some baggage attached to him.
