OXON HILL, Md. -- Free agent closer Aroldis Chapman and the New York Yankees reached agreement on an $86 million, five-year deal Wednesday night, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract was still pending a physical.
Chapman was acquired by New York from the Cincinnati Reds last offseason, then was traded to the Chicago Cubs in late July. The hard-throwing lefty helped the Cubs win the World Series and became a free agent when it was over.
Fox Sports first reported the agreement, struck on the last full day of baseball's winter meetings.
There were a number of other important deals made Wednesday. The Cubs filled their only real need, getting All-Star reliever Wade Davis, and the Washington Nationals opened a debate by trading not one, not two, but three talented young pitchers for outfielder Adam Eaton.
Ian Desmond wound up in a new spot, reaching a $70 million agreement with Colorado, and there were a couple of other lesser deals.
"The free agent market and the trade markets have both been a little slow," Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson said. "Things are picking up a little bit."
Closer Kenley Jansen was still in play, and Pittsburgh didn't trade -- not yet, anyway -- outfielder Andrew McCutchen.
As expected, the Cubs completed a deal for Davis. To get a closer who's been dominant for the past three years, the World Series champions sent outfielder Jorge Soler to Kansas City.
Davis, who finished out the Royals' victory that clinched their 2015 title, moved right into the ninth-inning role Chapman held at Wrigley Field.
Cubs Manager Joe Maddon avoided any assessment of who was best. Instead, he offered: "They're just different kind of pitchers."
But the opinions weren't so blurred after the NL East champion Nationals made their deal with the Chicago White Sox.
A day after missing out on White Sox ace Chris Sale, Washington traded top prospect Lucas Giolito, strong-armed Reynaldo Lopez and 2016 first-round draft pick Dane Dunning to get Eaton.
Right away, Nats fans lit up Twitter, wondering why their team paid such a hefty price. Washington General Manager Mike Rizzo didn't blink at swapping the trio.
"We feel comfortable with the deal. We've done a lot of deals. I like win-win deals," he said.
"I think the White Sox did a great job of acquiring good, potential upside players. We got ourselves a good, young skillful player that we can control at below-market values for five seasons. And, again, you got to give to get," he said.
Eaton, who turned 28 on Tuesday, batted .284 with 14 home runs and 59 RBI, stealing 14 bases and hitting an AL-leading 9 triples. He topped the majors with 18 outfield assists.
"We see the arrow still going up with him," Rizzo said.
Praised Nationals Manager Dusty Baker: "He's not afraid to get dirty and grimy, greasy, nasty -- do everything there is to beat you."
Giolito, 22, was the Nationals' first-round pick in 2012. He made his big league debut in June and was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in six starts in the majors.
Lopez is also 22, and went 5-3 with a 4.91 ERA lin 11 games last season. Dunning, 21, was drafted out of Florida.
"We view all three of them, actually, as having the potential to become front-end-of-the-rotation pitchers," White Sox General Manager Rick Hahn said. "There's still a fair amount of development with each of them."
In other deals, San Francisco agreed to trade pitcher Chris Heston to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named, a person with knowledge of the talks told the AP.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized.
Heston pitched a no-hitter while going 12-11 as a rookie in 2015, but spent most of this year in the minors.
Also, the Marlins reached agreements with pitcher Jeff Locke and catcher A.J. Ellis.
Late Tuesday night, the Texas Rangers and free agent Carlos Gomez agreed to reunite for one year for $11.5 million, according to sources and pending a physical.
Gomez was signed Aug. 20 after being released by the Houston Astros after a miserable start to the season. After a rough start with the Rangers, Gomez became arguably their best player down the stretch and served as their leadoff hitter with Shin-Soo Choo injured.
Sports on 12/08/2016