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Paul Sullivan: Should Cubs make late pitch for free-agent closer Craig Kimbrel?

MESA, Ariz. - The Cubs haven't been linked this offseason to free-agent closer Craig Kimbrel, who remains on the market only three weeks before Opening Day for most teams.

Kimbrel, 30, reportedly was asking to be the highest-paid reliever in history, and as everyone knows by now, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said he has no more money to spend.

Cubs President Theo Epstein has brought in big-name closers such as Aroldis Chapman and Wade Davis but let both go via free agency rather than signing them to a long-term deal. So there's no reason to

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