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Cubs Acquire Clay Holmes, Tyrone Taylor In Trade With Mets

The Mets have traded one of their top starters, Clay Holmes, and sent outfielder Tyrone Taylor with him. The pair are headed to the Cubs, per the New York Post. Holmes has a 2.39 ERA across nine starts, and is currently in the minors rehabbing from a fractured fibula sustained on a comebacker in mid-May. His strikeouts were up (7.7 from 7.1) and both walks and hits were down in the 52 ⅔ innings he did throw prior to that injury, however. Multiple reports leading up to the trade deadline indicated that there was no discussion of an extension of Holmes, who has a $12 million player option for 20...