{"id":5444,"date":"2013-12-04T21:52:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T02:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2013-12-04T21:52:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T02:52:59","slug":"cubs-sign-reliever-wesley-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/12\/04\/cubs-sign-reliever-wesley-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs sign reliever Wesley Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5445\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/wesleywright.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/wesleywright.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/wesleywright-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Chicago Cubs have signed left handed relief pitcher Wesley Wright to a one-year deal worth $1.425 million.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, 28, was recently non-tendered by the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Cubs&amp;src=hash\">#Cubs<\/a> signed left-handed reliever Wesley Wright to a one-year contract believed to be for $1.425 million.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/statuses\/408423468804210688\">December 5, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season Wright posted a 3.69 ERA and 55\/19 K\/BB ratio over 53 2\/3 innings between the Rays and Houston Astros. Wright figures to be a key part of the Cubs bullpen next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs have signed left handed relief pitcher Wesley Wright to a one-year deal worth $1.425 million. Wright, 28, was recently non-tendered by the Tampa Bay Rays. The #Cubs signed left-handed reliever Wesley Wright to a one-year contract believed to be for $1.425 million. &mdash; Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 5, 2013 Last season Wright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[153,501,540],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-5444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-chicago-cubs","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-wesley-wright"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}