Sources: Yankees may deal Chapman to Cubs

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CHICAGO – A deal sending New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for Class-A shortstop Gleyber Torres is close to completion, according to multiple sources familiar with the trade.

Chapman, 28, would fill an immediate need in the Cubs bullpen as they lack a true left handed late inning reliever with his kind of experience. He’s 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA and 20 saves for the Yankees after serving a 30-game suspension under MLB’s domestic violence policy earlier this season.

He has 166 career saves over a 7-year career, most of it with the Cincinnati …

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