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Cubs sign infielder Carlos Asuaje to minor league deal, per report

The Cubs have signed infielder Carlos Asuaje to a minor-league deal, according to The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma.

Cubs have signed infielder Carlos Asuaje to a minor league deal. He has a chance to make the team as their 26th manwith a solid spring. Lefty hitting second baseman with an option remaining.

— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) January 6, 2020

Asuaje has played in 175 games with the Padres in parts of three big-league seasons from 2016-18. The 28-year-old holds a career .240/.312/.329 slash line with below-average figures in wRC+ (75) and wOBA (.