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Veteran outfielder Cody Bellinger agreed to a one-year take care of the Chicago Cubs. File Picture by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 7 (UPI) — The Chicago Cubs made additions to their beginning rotation and offensive arsenal, agreeing to contracts with free agent pitcher Jameson Taillon and outfielder Cody Bellinger.
Sources told ESPN, MLB.com and the New York Post concerning the agreements Tuesday evening. Taillon agreed to a four-year, $68 million pact. Bellinger agreed to a one-year, $17.5 million contract.
Taillon, 31, went 14-5 with a 3.91 ERA in 32 begins final season for the New York Yankees. He joined the Yankees in a 2021 commerce from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The correct-handed pitcher, who made his MLB debut in 2016, is 51-35 with a 3.84 ERA over 143 profession begins.
Bellinger, 27, joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as a fourth-round choose within the 2013 MLB Draft. The 2019 Nationwide League MVP hit .210 with 19 house runs, 68 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 144 video games final season for the Dodgers.
Bellinger, a two-time All-Star, owns a profession .248 batting common, with 152 house runs and 62 stolen bases in 745 video games since 2017. He hit .305 with a career-high 37 house runs and 115 RBIs in 156 video games throughout his MVP marketing campaign.
The 2017 Nationwide League Rookie of the Yr additionally claimed a Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award and was the 2018 NLCS MVP. He received a World Sequence with the Dodgers in 2020.
