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Cubs sign Junichi Tazawa to minor-league deal

The parade of relievers heading to Cubs spring training camp just got a bit longer:

Junichi Tazawa is 32 and quite frankly was pretty bad for the Marlins and Angels in 2018, with a combined 7.07 ERA and 1.821 WHIP in 31 appearances covering 28 innings, in which he allowed seven home runs and posted -0.9 bWAR.

He was pretty good for the Red Sox from 2012-16, though, and the first three of those years were quite good: combined 2.62 ERA and 1.135 WHIP in 179 relief outings.