The Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals completed their trade, swapping Jorge Soler and Wade Davis on the third day of the Winter Meetings. Davis is owed $10 million in the final year of his contract, while Soler is under team control for four seasons.
Davis becomes the Cubs’ third closer since the start of the 2016 season. It was a role first filled by Hector Rondon, who then gave way to Aroldis Chapman after he was acquired from the New York Yankees in July.
Chapman reached free agency this winter, and there was little to suggest the Cubs had interest in re-signing him.