Well, the Cubs are busy today. After acquiring Chris Coghlan earlier today for Arismendy Alcantara, they signed reliever Joel Peralta, formerly of the Rays and Dodgers, to a minor league. He last pitched for the Seattle Mariners.

Peralta is an extreme flyball pitcher with a fastball in the low 90s, a slider, and a change which you can see from the photo is a split. His best season was in 2012 with the Rays when he posted a 3.63 ERA (3.14 FIP) with 11.28 Ks per 9 IP and just 2.28 BBs per 9 IP. He also had a great season in 2011 when the peripherals (especially the K rate) were not as good but he posted a 2.93 ERA. He was still putting up solid numbers as recently as 2014, his last year with the Rays, though the ERA (4.40) was far above the FIP (3.40) and xFIP (3.11).

Peralta will serve as minor league depth at Iowa.

Joel Peralta in agreement with #Cubs on minor-league deal, pending physical. Will head to Triple A. #BlueJays, #Royals also showed interest. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 9, 2016

In other news, Shawon Dunston has been traded to the San Francisco Giants but no word yet on the return. He announced it himself on Twitter but the tweet has since been removed.