Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweeted early Thursday evening that the Cubs were “on verge of acquiring closer Ryan Pressly from the Astros,” but the report may have been a bit premature. Pressly has a no-trade clause as a function of the $14 million player option he activated by making at least 50 appearances in each of the last two seasons, and Chandler Rome of The Athletic tweeted that the reliever has not waived it. What’s more, Rome said “no deal is imminent.”
A deal could still be done, of course, particularly if Pressly is amenable to joining a team that will use him as its closer.