Earlier this week, there were reports that the Cubs would be bringing back Drew Smyly for 2023.
Today, the team officially announced the signing, which is a two-year deal with a mutual option for 2025.
Smyly was the Tigers’ second-round pick in 2010 out of the University of Arkansas. The Cubs originally signed him in December 2017, a few months after he had undergone Tommy John surgery. They had hoped to have him in the rotation by 2019, but instead wound up trading him to the Rangers at the end of the 2018 season in order to free up some money to keep Cole Hamels in 2019.