The Cubs shuffled the chairs in the dancing bullpen again Friday:
Cubs sign free agent reliever Tony Barnette to one-year deal plus option for 2020.
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) February 1, 2019
Barnette had one good year (2016), one bad one (2017) and another good season (2018) for the Texas Rangers, all of that after spending six years pitching for the Yakult Swallows in Japan, where he posted a 3.58 ERA and 1.264 WHIP. In his final year in NPB (2015), he was the Swallows’ closer and posted 41 saves, a 1.