Chicago Cubs acquire Jeimer Candelario in a 貿易（する） with the Washington 国家のs
CHICAGO (AP) - Looking for some help for their 顔触れ, the Chicago Cubs turned to a familiar 直面する.
Chicago reacquired Jeimer Candelario in a 貿易（する） with the Washington 国家のs on Monday, signaling a change in philosophy for the Cubs after it looked as if they had つまずくd out of the プレーオフ race.
Candelario, one of the 最高の，を越す hitters on the market ahead of Tuesday's 貿易（する） 最終期限, is batting .258 with 16 ホームランs and 53 打点s in 99 games in a resurgent 業績／成果. He was 非，不，無-tendered by Detroit in November and then 調印するd a $5 million, one-year 契約 with Washington.
"To be able to put up the numbers he's been putting up this year and be able to come over here and help us out, that's 抱擁する," Cubs 経営者／支配人 David Ross said.
The Cubs also acquired 権利-hander Jos? Cuas in a 貿易（する） with Kansas City for minor league outfielder Nelson Vel?zquez.
Candelario, 29, 調印するd with Chicago in 2010 and made his big league debut with the Cubs in 2016. He was 貿易（する）d to Detroit with fellow infielder Isaac Paredes for catcher Alex Avila and reliever Justin Wilson at the 2017 最終期限.
Washington 国家のs' Jeimer Candelario runs to home plate to 得点する／非難する／２０ on a 選び出す／独身 by Joey Meneses during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, July 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Cubs got Candelario and cash from Washington for minor league left-hander DJ Herz and infielder Kevin Made.
"I'm excited to have him 支援する and a part of this group and 攻撃する，衝突する 権利 in the middle of our 顔触れ," Cubs outfielder Ian Happ said. "It'll be 広大な／多数の／重要な."
Herz, 22, an eighth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ in the 2019 amateur 草案, is 1-1 with a 3.97 ERA in 14 starts for 二塁打-A Tennessee this season. Made, 20, 攻撃する，衝突する .241 with three ホームランs and 25 打点s in 70 games for High-A South Bend.
Last-place Washington (45-62) is likely 長，率いるing for its fourth 連続した losing season. It also could move outfielder 小道／航路 Thomas and closer Kyle Finnegan ahead of the 最終期限.
"Jeimer was awesome. He was everything I 推定する／予想するd and more," 国家のs 経営者／支配人 Dave Martinez said. "He did 井戸／弁護士席 for us and we´ll 行方不明になる him but he´s going to go help the Cubs try to get to the プレーオフs and 勝利，勝つ a 選手権, so good for him. We´ll 行方不明になる him. He gets to move on. That opens up an 適切な時期 for somebody else."
It looked as if Chicago was going to be a 販売人 as late as July 17, when it lost 7-5 to Washington to 減少（する） to 43-50. But it used an eight-game 勝利，勝つ streak to get 支援する into the プレーオフ race.
The Cubs (53-53) dropped 支援する to .500 with Monday night's 6-5 loss to Cincinnati. They 追跡する the NL Central-主要な Reds by five games, and they also are in the mix for a wild card.
Candelario, a New York City native who moved to the Dominican 共和国 when he was 5, is a .243 hitter with 82 ホームランs and 301 打点s in 705 career games. He likely will see time at third base and 指定するd hitter with Chicago.
Candelario had his best season with Detroit in 2021, batting .271 with 16 ホームランs and a career-best 67 打点s. He also tied for the major league lead with 42 （テニスなどの）ダブルス.
The 29-year-old Cuas went 3-0 with a 4.54 ERA in 45 外見s with Kansas City this year. He made his big league debut with the 王室のs last season.
The 24-year-old Vel?zquez, a fifth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ in the 2017 amateur 草案, played in 13 games with Chicago this year, batting .241 with three ホームランs and six 打点s.
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AP freelance reporter Patrick Stevens in Washington 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
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