The Cubs continued one common and obvious trend while possibly hinting at a subtler one Monday when they signed 27-year-old righty reliever Trevor Kelley to a minor league deal. More on that in a bit. A former 36th round pick out of North Carolina by the Red Sox in 2015, Kelley split time between two levels of Boston’s system each season until he made his MLB debut in 2019.
He wasn’t very impressive across 8.1 innings and was claimed off waivers by the Phillies in December of 2019, then made four appearances for them before being designated for assignment in August.