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Drew Smyly’s deal with the Braves should raise an alarm for the Cubs.
It wasn’t so long ago Drew Smyly was a member of the Chicago Cubs organization, laboring through his recovery following Tommy John surgery. In December 2017, the Cubs inked the southpaw to a two-year, $10 million deal knowing full well he likely wouldn’t take the ball at the big league level in the first year of that contract.
Less than a year later, Chicago traded Smyly to Texas for a player to be named later in a sort of roundabout side trade linked to the team’s midseason acquisition of Cole Hamels.