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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs made another addition to their bullpen following the departure of Aroldis Chapman, agreeing to a $6 million, one-year contract with reliever Koji Uehara.Chicago now has the pitchers who got the final out of three of the last four World Series -- Mike Montgomery (this year), Wade Davis (2015) and Uehara (2013). Davis, who figures to take over as closer, was acquired from Kansas City last week for outfielder Jorge Soler.Uehara spent the past four years in Boston, and the 41-year-old right-hander went 2/3 with a 3.45 ERA and seven saves in 50 appearances last season. He missed about seven weeks because of a strained right pectoral muscle.Uehara is 19-22 with a 2.53 ERA over eight seasons with Baltimore (2009-11), Texas (2011-12) and Boston (2013-16). He joins a team that beat Cleveland to end a 108-year championship drought.Chapman, who got the win in Game 7, became a free agent and agreed to an $86 million, five-year deal to return to the New York Yankees. 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Hes been throwing the ball extremely well out of the pen and we want to give him an opportunity to start.We want to see what he can do as a starter. We know where he is as a reliever. And hes put up really, really good numbers. So, were going to find out.Flynn is 1-0 with a 2.39 ERA in 13 relief appearances. He is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA in five career starts, all with the Marlins. He has not started in the majors since Aug. 7, 2014 and threw only two-thirds of an inning in 2015 because of a left lat muscle injury.Im ready to go, Flynn said. Ive been hopeful to get a shot at it. I feel like I can help this team as a starter. But its been a long time especially with the injury. Its a long time since Ive had a start. Ive matured a lot since then, so Im really ready for that.Not getting too caught up in the bright lights. I think my first stint up with Miami, I was a little caught up with everything. And just the biggest thing is proving to myself that I can pitch up here, my stuff plays, especially after the injury. Just getting to play, playing and enjoy it has been huge for me. Just treat it like a game and having fun.He said pitching coach Dave Eiland talked to him about the start.Not a whole lot is going to change for me, Flynn said. The first thing Dave taalked to me about is Ive had some success so far in the bullpen, just carry it over and take it batter-by-batter.ddddddddddddIf you start looking ahead at too many innings you wont get to the next inning.He said pitching out of the bullpen simplifies thingsBreaking it down to two pitches out of the bullpen, Flynn said. I might add some going back to starting. Knowing you can have some success on two pitches makes it easier on your life.Yost said Flynn will be on a 60-to-70 pitch limit.The Indians will counter with American League earned run leader Danny Salazar, who is 6-5 with a 3.71 ERA in 11 career starts against the Royals. He is 2-0 against the Royals this season, holding them two one run over 15 2/3 innings.Salazar is 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA in nine road starts, holding foes to a .196 batting average.The Indians lost the opener of this three-game series with the Royals sending 10 men to the plate in a seven-run eighth inning off relievers Bryan Shaw and Jeff Manship.Shaw gave up hits to the first three batters he faced, including a two-run pinch double to Christian Colon, who attempted to bunt on the first two pitches.He was obviously working behind in the count, Francona said. First hitter (Alcides Escobar) of the inning, that ball, if he lets it go, he probably gets an out. And then things, theyre trying to give us an out on the bunt and he falls behind. Fall behind like that, youre just trying to get the ball over the plate and he did a nice job of pulling back and hitting one all the way to the wall that completely changed the game right there. We just couldnt stop the bleeding. ' ' '