The Cubs have struck a deal with the Yankees to acquire Aroldis Chapman, Jon Heyman tweets. They gave up a lot, sacrificing top prospect Gleyber Torres as well as reliever Adam Warren, outfield prospect Billy McKinney and probably one other player.
So there you have it -- another reason to fear the Cubs, who the Pirates will play seven times down the stretch. The fact that Torres looks like the key to this deal is especially annoying -- as I noted last month, the only reason the Cubs had him in their system in the first place was that the Cubs went nuts on the Latin American amateur market in 2013, going way over their bonus pool to sign a number of top talents, including Torres.