Report: Cubs showing interest in ex-Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel

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Report: Cubs showing interest in ex-Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com Expect the market for erstwhile Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel to pick up this week as teams will no longer lose a draft pick for signing him after midnight Monday. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports that the Cubs, who, like the Red Sox, are having late-inning relief problems of their own (they have 11 blown saves, the Sox have nine), are showing interest in Kimbrel. That unexpected event Rosenthal refers to is the absence of Ben Zobrist from the Cubs active roster.

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