Chicago Cubs trade reliever Scott Effross to the New York Yankees for pitching prospect Hayden Wesneski
Scott Effross appeared poised to take on a bigger bullpen role during the final two months of the season. With the Chicago Cubs positioned to move as many of their veteran pitchers as possible before Tuesday’ s 5 p.m. trade deadline, Effross appeared the obvious choice to take on more late-inning, high-leverage opportunities and perhaps even become the closer.