The best free agent Astro is signed by the Chicago Cubs.

Hector Neris, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros, has been signed by the Chicago Cubs to a one-year contract with a unique option structure as a free agent. He has played in 141 games over the past two years and has spent the last two years in Houston.

He has appeared in at least 50 games every full season of his career and is a remarkable durable reliever. During the pandemic 2020 season, he appeared in 24 games, which was nearly half of the games that season.

He’s falling off a phenomenal 2023 for Houston, where he assisted them with getting to the ALCS. He went 6-3 with a sparkling 1.71 earned run average and 77 strikeouts in 68.1 innings.

He is 33-36 with a 3.24 ERA over his career. Neris has 89 vocation saves, having filled in as the Phillies’ essential nearer in 2017-2019.