The Cubs and pitcher Pedro Strop have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $2.525 million in 2015, CBSSports.com Baseball Insider Jon Heyman reports.
The contract falls slightly over the midpoint of the figures the two sides exchanged in January, with Strop asking for $3 million and the team offering $2 million. The reliever posted a 2.21 ERA and 71:25 K:BB ratio in 61 innings over 65 appearances in 2014.