Cubs Working on Trade For Left-Handed Starter: Report
The Chicago Cubs have already pulled off the biggest trade of the MLB offsesason.
Now, they’re reported to be working on another.
According to Bruce Levine of WSCR (670-AM in Chicago), the Cubs and Marlins are discussing a trade that would send left-handed pitcher Jesus Luzardo to the Windy City.
Cubs working hard on Jesus Luzardo deal with Marlins.They could have four lefties in their rotation. Luzardo made $5.5 mil in 2024. He has two years of arbitration before free agent status in 2027.
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) December 16, 2024
The trade would give the Cubs one of the deeper starting rotations in the National League, and affirm their ambitions to break their four-year playoff drought after acquiring Kyle Tucker in a blockbuster trade with the Houston Astros.
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