{"id":440757,"date":"2025-12-11T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/440757\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:24:14","slug":"sources-cubs-reliever-hoby-milner-reach-1-year-3-75m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/440757\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Cubs, reliever Hoby Milner reach 1-year, $3.75M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByJesse Rogers \"ESPN<\/p>\n

Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:18PM<\/p>\n

Free-agent left-handed reliever Hoby Milner<\/a> is in agreement with the Chicago Cubs<\/a> on a one-year, $3.75 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Milner, 34, pitched last season for Texas<\/a>but previously was with the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> under current Cubs manager Craig Counsell. He has a career 3.82 ERA over nine seasons, including four with the Brewers from 2021-2024.<\/p>\n

In 2023, he appeared in 73 games compiling a 1.82 ERA for Counsell — the manager’s last year in Milwaukee. The Cubs were finalists for Milner’s services last offseason before he signed with Texas.<\/p>\n

Milner could replace lefties Drew Pomeranz<\/a> and Caleb Thielbar<\/a> in the Cubs’ bullpen as both are free agents. Lefties produced just a .526 OPS off him last season as he appeared in 73 games for the Rangers, striking out 58 in 70 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

The deal, which was first reported by Bleacher Nation, is pending a physical.<\/p>\n

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