The Cubs have their shortstop.
Dansby Swanson and the Cubs agreed Saturday on a seven-year, $177 million contract, The Submit’s Joel Sherman reported. The deal, which was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, features a full no-trade clause.
Rumors had been swirling for the reason that summer time that the Cubs could be vital gamers for a free-agent shortstop. Carlos Correa, Trea Turner and Xander Boegaerts have been all off the market after signing with the Giants, Phillies and Padres, respectively, so Swanson, the previous Courageous, was the final of the large 4 out there.
Preliminary reviews had indicated the Cubs favored Correa and Bogaerts, however Swanson emerged throughout the winter conferences because the crew’s “most real looking goal at shortstop,” in response to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.
The Swanson signing was additionally the most recent in an offseason of aggressive strikes by the Cubs. They beforehand added beginning pitcher and former Yankee Jameson Taillon and the Dodgers’ former MVP outfielder Cody Bellinger.
Within the 28-year-old Swanson, the Cubs get a rising star who made his first All-Star crew in 2022 and received a World Collection with the Braves in 2021. He'll assist give the Cubs formidable protection up the center. Nico Hoerner will transfer again to second base, the place at which he was a Gold Glove finalist in 2020. Bellinger additionally will give the Cubs stable protection in heart subject.
Final season, Swanson had a slash line of .277/.329/.447, with 25 homers, 96 RBIs and a career-high 115 OPS+, whereas taking part in in all 162 video games. He additionally performed in all however two video games in 2021 whereas serving to the Braves to the title.
Swanson is a profession .255 hitter with 102 house runs over seven seasons, however 52 of these came to visit the previous two years. He additionally struck out a career-high 182 instances in 2022.
The Cubs are coming off a 74-88 marketing campaign wherein they completed third within the NL Central, 19 video games behind the division champion Cardinals. They've been underneath stress to enhance a roster that has been fully turned over from their 2016 World Collection championship crew, and Swanson qualifies as the largest free-agent they’ve signed in quite a few years.
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