I’ve been dragging you through too many long-form slogs lately, so let’s see if we can’t cut a few calories this time around. The Cubs made a few moves on Friday, opting not to tender contracts to backup catcher Reese McGuire and injured reliever Eli Morgan. Then they signed well-traveled righty reliever Phil Maton to a two-year deal, the terms of which are not yet known.
This isn’t the multiyear reliever contract I’d have pegged, but the 32-year-old Maton has consistently put up big strikeout numbers while keeping the ball in the yard for the most part.