Associated Press Nov 17, 2023, 11:29 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs and third baseman Patrick Wisdom have agreed to a $2,725,000, one-year contract. The team announced the deal on Friday night. Wisdom hit .205 with 23 homers and 46 RBI in 97 games for Chicago this year. The Cubs also offered 2024 contracts to six arbitration-eligible players: pitchers Justin Steele , Adbert Alzolay , Mark Leiter Jr ., and Julian Merryweather , to go along with infielder Nick Madrigal and outfielder Mike Tauchman . Steele and Alzolay are coming off breakout performances. Steele went 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA in 30 starts this year. Alzolay took over the closer role, finishing
On the surface, Craig Breslow's introductory Red Sox press conference Thursday at Fenway Park was one filled with corporate buzzwords like “synthesizing” and being “directionally aligned.” Breslow unsurprisingly kept details close to the vest, but just because he has an Ivy League vocabulary doesn't mean he can't communicate in a way that baseball players and coaches can understand. In fact, it's his demonstrated ability to do that with the Cubs that helped earn him his first job in a big chair. The Red Sox obviously hope Breslow, who oversaw pitching in Chicago, can turn around Boston the way he did the Cubs on the mound.
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