Chicago – The Chicago Cubs have acquired the right -handed Ryan and in cash from the Houston astros for the launcher of minor leagues Juan Bello.
Plush probably slides into the closest role with Chicago, who is looking to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2020. He had an MPM of 3.49 in 59 appearances last year while being a man of configuration for Josh Hader.
Bello, 20 years old, went 4-5 with an MPM of 3.21 in 22 departures for the class of class to class to last year. He has a 4-8 file with an MPM of 3.66 in 35 career league games in career.
To make room for the list of 40 men, Chicago designated the right -hander Matt Festa for assignment. Festa, 31, was acquired in a business with Texas on January 9.
The pressed move is the second important intersection agreement between Chicago and Houston. The Cubs added the Kyle Tucker stars from a multiplayer business with the Astros in December.
Has given up his non-exchange clause to go to Chicago. He had the right to block the agreement because of his 12 years in the majors and six seasons and more with Houston.
Chicago was looking for aid to the enclosure of the lifts from its 83-79 aisle and finished second in the central NL in 2024 for the second consecutive season. He would be in the Tanner Scott mixture before joining the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cubs pay $ 8.5 million in the pressed salary of $ 14 million for 2025 in the last year of his contract.
Pressly’s departure offers a certain financial flexibility in Houston that he could use to make a renewed thrust for a meeting with the third goal of the free agent Alex Bregman. He could also try to upgrade his outside field.
Hader replaced more closely in Houston after accepting a $ 95 million contract over five years last January. He has achieved an MPM of 3.80 and 34 stops in 71 games while the Astros won the Al West for the seventh time in the past eight seasons.
With the trade in a hurry, Bryan Abreu and Tayler Scott could each play a more important role in the enclosure of Houston.
Pressly, from Dallas, 36, made her big league debut with Minnesota in 2013 and spent her first five seasons and more with the Twins. He was exchanged in Houston in July 2018.
Almost, has become important with the Astros, becoming one of the best lifts in baseball. The double All-Star experienced a sequence of 40 consecutive games without allowing a race from August 15, 2018 to May 23, 2019.
He was a key artist when Houston won the second title of the World Series in the franchise in 2022. He succeeded 33 career stops with an MPM of 2.98 during the regular season, then made a dominant race in the playoffs. He saved six games in the playoff series, withdrawing 13 while granting an unprecedented race and four strokes in 11 rounds in 10 appearances.
Pressly is 35-36 with an MPM of 3.27 and 112 stops in 623 major league games. He also has 693 stick withdrawals and 190 steps in 650 rounds.
