Who will close for the Cubs in 2017? Aroldis Chapman was a key reason the Cubs won the World Series this past season, but he's a free agent. Chapman says he'd like to return, but the lefty is being courted by other teams, including the Yankees.
"I would love to come back to the Cubs, but it's not up to me, it's up to them," Chapman said through an interpreter at a charity event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Friday.
The Cubs did sign lefty Brian Duensing, 33, who has pitched in relief the past four years and was limited to 14 games last season with the Orioles before needing surgery to remove bone chips in his left elbow.