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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs agreed to minor league contracts
Wednesday with outfielder Chas McCormick and reliever Trent
Thornton that include invitations to major league camp for
spring training.
The 30-year-old McCormick spent five years in Houston and helped
the Astros win the 2022 World Series. His best season was in
2023, when he set career highs by hitting .273 with 22 homers
and 70 RBIs. But he struggled through hamstring and oblique
injuries the past two years, hitting .211 in 2024 and .210 in
2025 while playing in a combined 158 games.
Thornton, 32, is recovering from season-ending Achilles tendon
surgery with Seattle. The right-hander was 2-0 a 4.68 ERA in 33
appearances before he was injured coming off the mound on a
ground ball against the Texas Rangers on July 31. The recovery
was expected to take six to eight months.
Thornton is 14-19 with a 4.38 ERA in 235 appearances over seven
seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle.
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