It has been announced that the Chicago Cubs have acquired RHP Jharel Cotton from the Oakland A’s for cash consideration. Cotton was DFA’ed by the A’s back on the 20th of November. The 27-year old from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands had spent the 2019 season in the minors after missing all of 2018 to Tommy John’s recovery. His last MLB pitching appearance was in 2017.
Cotton came up through the Los Angeles Dodgers system back in 2012-2015 before being heading to Oakland in the Rich Hill deal in 2016. It was that year he made his MLB debut as he made five starts and pitched to a 2.