Cubs, White Sox Continue To Express Interest In Dexter Fowler

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    With just more than three weeks until spring training begins, outfielder Dexter Fowler is still a free agent and looking for a new team. Fowler, who will turn 30 in March, had his best season in 2015 in many offensive areas of his game, as he scored 104 runs and was a catalyst for the Cubs’ offense. With that in mind, he should’ve had a new deal by now.

    For various reasons — notably a slow-developing, strange free-agent outfield market — Fowler will most likely have to settle for a one- or two-year contract. As it sits, the Cubs and White Sox appear to be the two teams with the most interest in signing him to a deal.

    Both Chicago teams are monitoring the Fowler’s free-agent market daily, according to sources.

    “The Cubs are still the most likely landing spot for Fowler,” one baseball executive whose club has also followed the Fowler free-agent process said. “He should have taken the Cubs’ qualifying offer and moved into the free agent class of 2017.”

    The Cubs’ convoluted outfield mix would become crystal clear if they re-signed Fowler and traded right fielder Jorge Soler for pitching help. The White Sox also fit well as a possible destination, as they could move Adam Eaton to right field and implement Fowler in center. That would give them two top-of-the-order hitters who get consistently and often. Eaton has a career .355 on-base percentage, while Fowler boasts a robust .363 mark.


    - See more at: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/01/27/levine-cubs-white-sox-dexter-fowler-free-agency/
     

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