The Oakland Athletics have traded right-handed starting pitcher Aaron Brooks to the Chicago Cubs for left-handed batting utility player Chris Coghlan, the club has announced. Coghlan, who turns 31 in June, played 99 games in left field, 21 in right field, and 15 games at second base in 2015 for the Cubs.
Coghlan batted .250/.341/.443 (113 wRC+) last season, and had 3.3 WAR on the FanGraphs scale, 1.9 on the Baseball-Reference scale. The difference can be explained by the different defensive metrics each site uses for grading defensive skill.