12:57pm: The Cubs are acquiring infielder/outfielder Zach McKinstry in return for Martin, tweets Patrick Mooney of The Athletic.
12:40pm: The Dodgers and Cubs have agreed to a trade sending the right-hander Chris Martin from Chicago to Los Angeles, reports ESPN’s Buster Olney (Twitter link).
Martin, 36, is playing the season on a one-year, $2.5MM contract. He’s logged 31 1/3 innings of 4.31 ERA ball this season, although fielding-independent metrics are far more bullish (3.02 FIP, 2.09 SIERA). Martin has been uncharacteristically homer-prone this year but has maintained his elite command of the strike zone. He’s punched out 30.1% of his opponents thus far and walked just four of the 133 batters he’s faced (3.1%). One of those free passes was of the intentional variety, it should be noted, and Martin has also yet to hit a batter this season.
More to come.
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