$32M pact pending physical; club has not confirmed By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com | 5:55 PM ET CHICAGO -- The Cubs filled a hole in the rotation Friday, agreeing to a two-year, $32 million contract with free-agent right-hander John Lackey. The contract will be finalized pending a physical. FOXSports.com first reported the deal. The club would not confirm. Lackey, 37, who was 13-10 with a 2.77 ERA in 33 starts with the Cardinals last season, is close friends with Cubs starter Jon Lester and knows Chicago president Theo Epstein from their days together in Boston. The Cubs entered the offseason in search of depth for the rotation behind Lester, National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta, Jason Hammel and Kyle Hendricks. They had been in talks with free agent Jeff Samardzija about a possible return, and Epstein said Friday that dialogue was ongoing with the right-hander. However, Samardzija is reportedly receiving offers of $90-100 million, which may price him out of the Cubs' budget. "We need to focus on the free agents who make sense for us and try to get them at a cost that makes sense for us given our roster and payroll structure and how things look, not just in '16 but over the next several years," Epstein said Friday before the Lackey news. "We'll stay focused on that." Last winter, the Cubs signed Lester to a six-year, $155 million contract, and this offseason, had been exploring both the free-agent market and possible trades. They did talk to David Price, who signed a seven-year, $217 million contract with the Red Sox. "Right now, we just couldn't compete at that level," Epstein said of Price's deal. "I still think we can do plenty of things that will help our club in 2016 and beyond that make sense for us. That type of commitment made sense for them and they got themselves a heck of a pitcher." Lackey has a 165-127 record over 13 seasons, and spent the last two with the Cardinals, compiling a 16-13 mark and 3.10 ERA in 43 starts. He was with the Red Sox from 2010-14, then was dealt to the Cardinals in July 2014 for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly. The Cardinals did make a qualifying offer to Lackey. Lester, who pitched for the Red Sox from 2006-14, recorded his first Major League hit with an infield single off Lackey on July 6 to end an 0-for-66 career hitless streak that began in 2006. There was a little trash talking involved before the game, and the two celebrated afterward. On Friday, Epstein said the Cubs' goal was to sign a pitcher to a contract that makes sense, and the Lackey deal would fit that, plus allow the team room to still acquire an outfielder. The Cubs are in the market for a center fielder following Dexter Fowler's departure via free agency. Epstein did expect more action in Nashville at the Winter Meetings, which officially begin Monday. "I think the Meetings will be pretty wild," Epstein said. 大意:2年32M 等体检报告出来就会正式签约 Theo说鲨鱼跟Price超出他们预算所以放弃 然後众所皆知 还缺一个 CF/第一棒 等下礼拜冬季会议处理 --

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