🧢Cubs release reliever Héctor Neris, avoid $9M vesting option for 2025⚾

[Music] Cubs release reliever Hector nuris avoid $9  million vesting option for 2025 the Chicago   Cubs have moved on from reliever Hector  nuris according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers   the 35-year-old was designated for assignment  and has already cleared waivers making him an   unrestricted free agent with a little over a  month left in the regular season Nur signed a   one-year $9 million deal with the Cubs in the  off season and appeared in 46 games recording   17 saves three holds and five blown saves with 46  strikeouts in 44 Innings nuris will be replaced   on the Cubs roster by right-hander Jack Neely  who was acquired from the New York Yankees last   month in a trade that sent Mark lighter Jr the  other way the Cubs are currently 61-64 in the   NL Central and Sid 512 games out of a wildcard  spot and 11 one half games behind the division   leading Milwaukee Brewers what makes this move  all the more interesting for the Cubs is how   it will affect their spending for next season  nuris had a vesting player option for $9 million   for 2025 that would have been activated had he  appeared in 60 games or finished 45 games this   season nuris leaves Chicago having played in 46  games and only finishing 33 of them the Cubs have   37 games to play in 2024 so it's not out of the  realm of possibility that he would have reached   the needed appearances to trigger the vesting  option for next season if he remained on the   roster nuris spent the last two seasons with the  Houston Astros and was excellent in a setup roll   recording 56 holds between 2022 and 2023 with a  1.03 whip and 156 strikeouts in 133 13d innings