It has been very clear for a while that the Houston Astros and Framber Valdez were not reuniting this offseason. On top of the baggage that came with Valdez (seemingly) throwing at this own catcher, the Astros simply don't have the payroll space for the type of contract he's going to command. Oddly enough, the Astros moving on to Tatsuya Imai may have inadvertently made Valdez's landing spot clear.
Obviously the Astros are out on Valdez now, but another team that was interested in Imai during negotiations were the Chicago Cubs. Now that Imai is off the market, Chicago is running out of options that would actually represent an upgrade for them and at least one set of experts seem to think that the Cubs are a logical landing spot for Valdez.