Sources: Yankees, Cubs talking Chapman deal

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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 the team lacks a true left-handed, late-inning reliever with his kind of experience. Chapman is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA and 20 saves for the Yankees, after he served a 30-game suspension under MLB’s domestic violence policy earlier this season.

Chapman has 166 saves over a seven-year career, most of which was with …

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