After missing out on Eugenio Suarez, the Chicago Cubs did not have many options remaining on the trade market. According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Cubs are acquiring Willi Castro from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Double-A pitching prospects Ryan Gallagher (#8) and Sam Armstrong (not ranked inside MLB.

Willi Castro, who has played six positions and has pitched an inning for the Twins this season, has been traded to the Cubs in exchange for two prospects.

Willi Castro has been among the best success stories in recent Minnesota Twins history. They picked him up off the Detroit Tigers scrap heap and turned him into an All-Star. Playing even better this season, and in the final year of arbitration, it was all but assumed he was gone.