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Wrigley’s relieve it or not: Chapman to Cubs?
- Updated: July 25, 2016
NEW YORK — Aroldis Chapman zipped his suitcase on Sunday afternoon following a 5-2 win over the Giants to prepare for what he hopes will be a week-long road trip, but the closer recognizes the possibility that he may have walked out of the Yankees’ clubhouse for the final time.
With the Yankees openly fielding offers for the flame-throwing left-hander, Chapman said that he is being kept up to speed on his uncertain future by his representatives at Magnus Sports, who are receiving updates from general manager Brian Cashman and the Yankees’ baseball operations department.
“There’s a lot of rumors and stuff out there right now,” Chapman said through an interpreter. “I don’t have any information, but my agent did say that [the Yankees are] talking to him. But that’s all I have.”
MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reported on Sunday night that the Cubs’ top prospect, shortstop Gleyber Torres, would be a part of a deal between Chicago and the Yankees involving Chapman. Torres was scratched from the lineup before his game Sunday at Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach.
On the Network’s MLB Tonight on Sunday, Heyman put the odds of such a deal at “9 out of 10.”
Baseball Prospectus’ Rian Watt tweeted Sunday night that a trade sending Chapman to the Cubs for Torres and another prospect was near completion, but that it hinged on extension talks between Chicago and Chapman, with a four-year extension worth $60 million said to be on the table.
Torres is ranked by MLBPipeline.com as the Cubs’ top prospect and the No. 24 prospect in the game. The 19-year-old …
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