{"id":5687,"date":"2013-12-17T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2013-12-17T18:30:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:30:30","slug":"cubs-sign-reliever-jose-veras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/12\/17\/cubs-sign-reliever-jose-veras\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs sign reliever Jose Veras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5688\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/joseveras.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5688\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/joseveras.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/joseveras-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Chicago Cubs have signed relief pitcher Jose Veras to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Veras, 33, split the 2013 season between the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. <\/p>\n<p>The deal between the right handed Veras and the Cubs calls for him to earn $4 million in 2014 with an option for 2015 worth $5.5 million. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Uyb6SwhEpM\">http:\/\/t.co\/Uyb6SwhEpM<\/a> source: Jos\u00e9 Veras and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Cubs&amp;src=hash\">#Cubs<\/a> agree one year $4 million deal. Option $5,5 for 2015. Incentives.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Enrique Rojas\/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Enrique_Rojas1\/statuses\/413082969826263040\">December 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Currently Veras could be considered the favorite for saves in the Cubs bullpen. He notched 21 saves last season while posting a 302 RA and a 1.07 WHIP. He struck out nearly a batter per inning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs have signed relief pitcher Jose Veras to a one-year deal. Veras, 33, split the 2013 season between the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. The deal between the right handed Veras and the Cubs calls for him to earn $4 million in 2014 with an option for 2015 worth $5.5 million. http:\/\/t.co\/Uyb6SwhEpM source: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[153,576,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-5687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-chicago-cubs","9":"tag-jose-veras","10":"tag-mlb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687","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=5687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5687"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}