Cubs Apparently Claim Brett Marshall Off of Waivers From Yankees, Waive Liam Hendriks

I’ll have a full post on this shortly (I’m out on errands temporarily), but I thought your want to know:

According to his agency on Twitter, the Cubs have claimed 23-year-old Yankees pitcher Brett Marshall off of waivers.

The apparent corresponding move was the Cubs waiving recently claimed pitcher Liam Hendriks.

More on all of this soon.

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