Swanson agreed to a deal with the Cubs on Saturday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Swanson will receive $177 million over seven years and will also get a full no-trade clause. He moves to the midwest after spending his first seven seasons in Atlanta. His last season was his best, as he's coming off a year in which he hit .277/.329/.447 while playing in all 162 games. His 18 steals were also a career high, while his 25 home runs were just two shy of the 27 he managed the year prior. He'll settle in as the everyday shortstop for the Cubs, pushing Nico Hoerner to second base.
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Dansby Swanson: Rejects qualifying offer
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Swanson rejected Atlanta's $19.65 million qualifying offer Tuesday and will remain a free agent, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Swanson is likely to receive more in average-annual value via a multi-year deal on the open market, so it's no surprise to see him reject the qualifying offer. However, the rejection will affect the 28-year-old's market since whichever team signs him will have to forfeit a draft pick. Swanson had a .277/.329/.447 slash line with 25 home runs, 96 RBI and 18 stolen bases while playing in all 162 games last season, and he remains one of the better defensive shortstops in the game.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Enjoys huge weekend vs. Mets
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Swanson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Mets.
Swanson and Matt Olson were the offensive stars of Atlanta's series sweep of New York, with both players leaving the yard in all three games and driving in nine runs between them. The shortstop is two home runs behind last season's personal-best total (27), but Swanson is otherwise in the midst of what has been a career-best campaign in his seventh year in the majors. He's currently holding down career-high marks in batting average (.277), RBI (96), runs (99) and stolen bases (18).
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Hits two-run homer
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Saturday's victory over the Mets.
Swanson's two-run shot came in the fifth inning and sent Ronald Acuna home. Swanson now has 24 homers this season and two in as many games. He has gone 10-for-38 (.263) in his last eight games, but he has also struck out 11 times during that span. He is now slashing .277/.328/.444 on the season.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Hits solo shot
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-2 win over the Mets.
Swanson's homer came in the sixth inning and put Atlanta up 3-1. It was his 23rd homer of the season and his sixth in September. The shortstop started to regress over the last month, going 25-for-111 (.225) and 33 strikeouts. During that span, Swanson's batting average has dropped from .286 to .276 largely due to a lack of consistency. Despite his recent struggles, Swanson still remains a top fantasy shortstop with his combination of power and speed.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Goes deep in win
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Swanson went 3-for-6 with a home run and three RBI in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Phillies.
Swanson knocked an RBI single in the second inning before drilling a two-run shot in the fourth. The 28-year-old shortstop is now slashing .281/.334/.445 with 54 extra-base hits and 92 RBI through 153 games this season. However, he's hitting .250 with 26 strikeouts in 22 contests this month.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Two hits including homer
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's victory against the Nationals.
Swanson singled in the first inning before his solo home run off Kyle Finnegan in the eighth frame provided the difference in Tuesday's 3-2 win. The right-hander has now gone deep 21 times this season and four times in his last 12 games. Over that stretch, Swanson has batted .245 with four homers, nine RBI and five runs scored over 49 at-bats.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Connects on 20th homer
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Swanson went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in a 5-1 win against the Giants on Tuesday.
Swanson gave Atlanta the lead with a two-run home run off San Francisco starter Jakob Junis in the third inning and added an RBI single in the ninth as an insurance run. After opening September quietly, the 28-year-old has gone 10-for-31 with three long balls over his last seven games. Swanson isn't on track to reach last season's mark of 27 homers, but he has a shot at his first 20-20 season with 20 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 142 games.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swipes 17th bag
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Swanson went 1-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 8-1 win over the Marlins.
While the rest of the Atlanta lineup was flexing its muscles and erupting for five homers, Swanson was flashing his speed. The 28-year-old shortstop is up to 17 steals on the year, wiping away his prior career high of 10. He's three home runs and three stolen bases away from his first 20-20 campaign.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swats three-run homer
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Cardinals.
Swanson accounted for all of Atlanta's run production in the seventh inning, taking Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley deep to right-center field. The homer snapped an 18-game drought for Swanson, who hit .273 with 15 RBI, 11 runs scored, two steals and six doubles in that span. For the season, the star shortstop is up to 17 long balls, 76 RBI, 84 runs scored, 16 steals and a .289/.342/.449 slash line through 552 plate appearances.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Productive in rout of Bucs
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 14-2 win over the Pirates.
The shortstop was right in the thick of two offensive eruptions for Atlanta as the team racked up five runs in the fourth inning and another seven in the eighth. Swanson is batting .271 (26-for-96) through 23 games in August with only one homer and two steals, but he has piled up 14 runs and 18 RBI.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Hits two-run double
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Swanson went 3-for-5 with a two-run double and two runs scored in Friday's victory over the Astros.
Swanson scored on Austin Riley's three-run homer in the third inning. Swanson also doubled home Ronald Acuna and Michael Harris in the sixth inning before coming around to score on a Matt Olson sac fly two batters later. Swanson has 11 hits in his last seven games, including three multi-hit efforts. He's slashing .289/.325/.408 for the month and has a .295 batting average on the season.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swipes 15th bag
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Swanson went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run scored, three RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 13-1 rout of the Mets.
Every Atlanta starter got at least one hit on the night, but Swanson tied Ronald Acuna for the team lead in both hits and RBI. The shortstop has six multi-hit performances through 14 games in August, batting .279 (17-for-61) with six runs and 10 RBI, but his counting stat production has been lagging a bit -- he has only one homer and one steal on the month so far, compared to 16 home runs and 15 stolen bases on the season.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Accounts for offense in loss
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Mets.
Swanson was the only Atlanta batter to record a hit off Jacob deGrom, and he made it count with a sixth-inning blast to right-center field to end the Mets' ace's start. The homer snapped an 18-game power drought for Swanson, who last went yard July 14. The shortstop is up to 16 homers, 58 RBI, 72 runs scored and 14 stolen bases while slashing .292/.348/.461 through 110 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Reaches base four times in rout
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Swanson went 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 13-1 win over the Phillies.
Swanson extended his hitting streak to six games Tuesday and is now slashing an impressive .330/.384/.505 since May 15. He'll be in the lineup for Wednesday's series finale, manning shortstop and batting second.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Raps out three hits in win
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Swanson went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Phillies.
Swanson continues to thrive out of the two hole in the Atlanta lineup, as he's maintained a .297/.350/.432 slash line while scoring 10 times in his past nine games. Even with Ronald Acuna resting for a day game in Wednesday's series finale, Swanson will remain Atlanta's No. 2 hitter while hotshot rookie Michael Harris gets his first look in the leadoff role.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Mashes 15th homer
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's win over the Nationals.
The shortstop took Anibal Sanchez deep in the first inning during a game in which Atlanta never trailed. Swanson is slashing .300/.333/.483 through 14 games in July, and with 15 homers and 14 steals through 91 contests on the season, he's on track for his first career 25/25 campaign.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Three more hits Sunday
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Swanson went 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's extra-innings win over the Nationals.
He crossed the plate with the winning run as the phantom runner in the 12th inning on an Austin Riley single. Swanson has recorded three or more hits in four of the last 10 games, and the hot streak has boosted the All-Star's slash line on the season to .302/.357/.491 with 14 homers, 14 steals, 50 RBI and 54 runs through 87 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Three hits in Friday's rout
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Swanson went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Friday's win over the Nationals.
All three knocks were singles, something of a disappointment on a night in which Atlanta hitters piled up seven extra-base hits including four homers en route to 12 runs, but Swanson still cranked out his fourth multi-hit performance in the last eight games. The shortstop is batting .389 (14-for-36) during that surge, boosting his slash line on the season to .302/.359/.494 with 14 homers, 14 steals, 50 RBI and 52 runs through 85 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swipes two bags
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases in a 3-2 loss in extra innings Thursday against St. Louis.
Swanson walked and stole second in the first and singled and swiped a bag in the fifth. The shortstop continues to play well and has a .355/.375/.581 with five extra-base hits and three stolen bases in 32 plate appearances in July. Swanson joins Julio Rodriguez and Kyle Tucker as the only players in baseball with 14 homers and 14 stolen bases.
