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Right-handed reliever Hector Neris and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a one-year, $9 million contract that includes an option, sources told ESPN, bolstering the back end of Chicago's bullpen with the top reliever remaining in free agency.
Neris, 34, was third among all pitchers in baseball last year with a 1.71 ERA over 68u2153 innings, the best season of his 10-year career. A $9 million option for 2025 belongs to the team unless Neris reaches 60 games -- he has done so six of his past seven full seasons -- at which point it turns into a player option.