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Dillon Maples - RP

Chicago Cubs

Cubs optioned RHP Dillon Maples to Triple-A Iowa.

Added Mar 26 8:05 pm (EST)

Maples, 27, has shown tremendous swing-and-miss stuff in the minors, and while he's flashed that brilliance with the Cubs in 29 MLB games, he's also really struggled to locate his arsenal. He'll be an up-and-down arm whenever the 2020 campaign begins for Chicago.

Added Mar 26 8:05 pm (EST)

Added Mar 26 8:05 pm (EST)

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Ian Miller (L): Cubs outfielder Ian Miller leads the spring training circuit with eight stolen bases in 17 games and has a chance to crack the Opening Day roster.
Craig Kimbrel (R): Craig Kimbrel struck out two over a scoreless inning in his Cactus League relief appearance on Wednesday against the Padres.
Yu Darvish (R): Yu Darvish allowed one run over three innings with four strikeouts in a Cactus League outing against the Padres on Wednesday.
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R. Torreyes - 2B

PHI

Phillies re-signed INF Ronald Torreyes to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Torreyes spent most of 2020 at the Phillies' alternate site but also played in four games with the big club. He'll give them some utility infielder depth.

Added 4:38 pm (EST)

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C. Holmes - RP

PIT

Pirates re-signed RHP Clay Holmes to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

The Pirates non-tendered Holmes earlier this week but have now brought him back into the fold. There figures to be a good number of similar moves around baseball in the coming days.

Added 4:25 pm (EST)

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Jason Mackey on Twitter

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C. Holmes - RP

PIT

The Rangers have announced the hiring of Chris Young as their new general manager.

Jon Daniels had been the team's president of baseball operations and GM but will now drop the GM from his title. Interestingly, one of Daniels' first moves as Texas' GM was trading Young along with Adrian Gonzalez to the Padres back in 2006. Young had been in the running for the Mets' GM gig, but he removed himself from consideration to take the Rangers' job, in part because he lives in Dallas. The Princeton grad was most recently employed by Major League Baseball as an executive.

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J. Odorizzi - SP

MIN

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that while the Mets are interested in Jake Odorizzi, the right-hander "is believed to be much more engaged with other teams right now."

Sherman lists the Angels, Blue Jays, Giants, Padres, Rays, Red Sox and White Sox as the clubs that have been the most aggressive in the starting pitching market, although it's unclear which of those teams are in on Odorizzi. The Mets do have a connection with Odorizzi, as pitching coach Jeremy Hefner was the Twins' assistant pitching coach in 2019 when the righty had his best season.

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New York Post

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K. Jansen - RP

LA

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said this week that Kenley Jansen being the team's closer next season is the "best-case scenario," but it is "solely dependent on him.”

Jansen had a mostly dominant regular season in 2020, but he had a couple rocky appearances late and then struggled in the postseason. It was Julio Urias, not Jansen, who closed out the Dodgers' World Series-clinching Game 6 win. The 2021 season will be the final year of Jansen's five-year, $80 million contract. He's still probably the best candidate to close for the reigning champs as things sit right now, although the Dodgers are likely to add a couple high-leverage relievers this offseason (they already traded for former Brewers closer Corey Knebel on Wednesday).

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Los Angeles Times

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D. Hess - RP

BAL

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Rays have signed David Hess to a minor league contract.

Hess elected to be a free agent at the end of October after he went through waivers unclaimed. He registered a 6.43 ERA with one strikeout in seven innings, and isn't likely to play a significant part on the Rays' staff in 2021 or any other year.

Added Yesterday 10:02 pm (EST)

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C. Koss - SS

COL

Red Sox acquired INF Christian Koss from the Rockies in exchange for LHP Yoan Aybar.

Koss, 23 in January, was a 12th round pick by the Rockies out of UC Riverside, and he performed well in the Pioneer League with .332/.447/.605 line along with 11 homers and 10 steals over 53 games for short-season Grand Junction.

Added Yesterday 6:37 pm (EST)

Added Yesterday 6:37 pm (EST)

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Y. Aybar - RP

COL

Rockies acquired LHP Yoan Aybar from the Red Sox in a trade for INF Christian Koss.

Aybar was on the 40-man roster after having his contract purchased in 2019. The left-hander is a former outfielder who made the move to pitch in 2018, and he's struck out 70 hitters in 56 2/3 innings; advancing to High-A Salem in 2019. He could give the Rockies some bullpen innings this summer as a hard-throwing southpaw.

Added Yesterday 6:35 pm (EST)

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