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Cubs decline option on Fujikawa
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Oct. 30, 2014 5:29 p.m. ET
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CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Cubs have declined their option for next season on reliever Kyuji Fujikawa, making him eligible for free agency.
The option was for $5.5 million with a $500,000 buyout.
A longtime closer in Japan, the right-hander signed with the Cubs before the 2013 season but never delivered the way the organization hoped. He tore a ligament in his pitching elbow in his first year with the Cubs and underwent Tommy John surgery.
Fujikawa returned in August. He was 1-1 with a 5.04 ERA and two saves in 27 appearances over two seasons with the Cubs.
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The team announced the move on Thursday.
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