Cubs give Matusz start ahead of trade deadline

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CHICAGO — The Cubs have done the heaviest lifting they will do before the trade deadline, in acquiring Aroldis Chapman, one of the two best relievers available. But with a little less than 20 hours before Monday’s trade deadline, they will drop one more veteran player into the rumor mix, with a national television audition.

The Cubs rearranged their rotation, pushing other starters back by one day, so that they could call up left-hander Brian Matusz from the minors to start against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday Night Baseball. The 29-year-old lefty has more than six years in the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles, mostly as a reliever, but he was cut loose by the O’s earlier this season.

Brian Matusz last pitched in the …

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