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Since trading Victor Caratini to the San Diego Padres along with Yu Darvish, the Chicago Cubs have lacked a legitimate big league catcher on the 40-man roster outside of Willson Contreras.
Thankfully, that’s no longer the case after the Cubs signed 32-year-old backstop Austin Romine to a one-year, $1.5 million deal on Friday. This is hardly the type of earth-shattering move that steals headlines, but it checks a necessary box as the offseason nears its end.
Prior to 2020, Romine had spent his entire career in the Yankees organization.