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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Hammel and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a deal that will bring the righthanded pitcher back to Chicago, five months after the Cubs traded him to Oakland, ESPNChicago.com's Jesse Rogers reported on Monday morning.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reported terms of the deal are $18 million over two years, including a team option with a $2 million buyout. Chicago traded Hammel and pitcher Jeff Samardzija to the Athletics this July in exchange for prospects Addison Russell, Billy McKinney and Dan Straily.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Theo Epstein: Cubs aggressive, disciplined in market&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hammel appeared in 13 games for Oakland, going 2-6 with a 4.26 ERA over 68 innings. Last winter, Hammel, 32, signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Cubs. In 17 games before Chicago traded him, he had an 8-5 record with a 2.98 ERA in 108.2 innings pitched.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In nine years in the major leagues, Hammel has spent time with the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles, Cubs and A's. He has a career 4.60 ERA and a 59-70 record in 245 games. Last season was the second time in Hammel's nine-year career that he posted an ERA below four.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;CORCORAN: Winter Meetings preview - Rumors ahead of San Diego&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cubs closed the 2014 season with a 73-89 record, finishing fifth in the NL Central.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Woody&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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