Free-agent left-handed reliever Hoby Milner is in agreement with the Chicago Cubs on a one-year, $3.75 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.

Milner, 34, pitched last season for Texas but previously was with the Milwaukee Brewers under current Cubs manager Craig Counsell. He has a career 3.82 ERA over nine seasons, including four with the Brewers from 2021-2024.

In 2023, he appeared in 73 games compiling a 1.82 ERA for Counsell -- the manager's last year in Milwaukee. The Cubs were finalists for Milner's services last offseason before he signed with Texas.

Milner could replace lefties Drew Pomeranz and Caleb Thielbar in the Cubs' bullpen as both are free agents. Lefties produced just a .526 OPS off him last season as he appeared in 73 games for the Rangers,

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