The Cubs claimed Schwindel off of waivers earlier this month. 250 batting average in those appearances. He has a home run and 11 RBI’s.įargas has appeared in 21 minor league games this season, with four home runs and 12 RBI’s in 72 at-bats. 311 batting average and 26 runs scored in 164 at-bats. Romine has spent this season at the minor league level for the Cubs, with a. Rucker has appeared in 19 games this season, with a 3-0 record and a 4.81 ERA in 39.1 innings. He has 27 strikeouts and has given up just three earned runs in 20.2 innings of work. Rodriguez has appeared in 20 games so far this season, with a 1-1 record and a 1.31 ERA in the minor leagues. He’d be a candidate for a two-year, backloaded contract with plenty of workload incentives and a possible 2024 mutual option.Īnd if the rehab goes as well as expected, the Cubs are the kind of team with the resources to extend him at a fair-market price - potentially about the time they’re transitioning into the next competitive roster core.Ĭlick here to subscribe to the Cubs Talk Podcast for free.Gallagher Gets Key Hit as Cleveland Guardians Beat Chicago White Sox 3-1 Catcher Willson Contreras has the win-now value to get a deal done, but it’s unclear whether the Cubs would be willing to make that trade and whether the Rays would accept what figures to be an eight-figure salary in the deal.įrom the Cubs’ standpoint, Glasnow, 28, wouldn’t be the first Tommy John rehab acquisition this front office has made by a long shot. Whether the Rays would consider that a strong enough return is at least questionable. Cubs outfielder Ian Happ has two more years of club control remaining, and has a projected arbitration price tag in a similar range as Glasnow. The Rays likely would seek win-now players with club control and presumably some cost assurances. The towering right-hander from the Rays has looked for stretches like one of the more talented starters in baseball since debuting with the Pirates in 2016.īut he’s never made more than 14 starts in a season, never pitched more than 111 2/3 innings and is expected to miss most if not all of 2022 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. This is the one that’s all about long-term vision. He’ll turn 29 this year but has three years of club control remaining.Īs with Ahmed, the key will be how big a bargain a deal would be in terms of player capital. Hello, Cubs.Īnd in baseball’s anticipated new world of DH’s for everyone, he could provide a short-term option for David Ross’ 2022 lineup with an eye toward possible long-term value. The Diamondbacks' all-field, light-hit shortstop is nobody’s top everyday shortstop target and certainly no long-term solution for the Cubs.īut if Carlos Correa - who recently hired Scott Boras as his agent - and Trevor Story get too rich too quickly for the Cubs’ tastes as Round 2 free agents, Ahmed might start looking more attractive for the Cubs’ dire short-term needs for a capable shortstop than, say, free agent José Iglesias.īut Davis - with an all-hit, blah-glove ceiling - is coming off hand surgery and might be a better candidate for a bargain-hunting team looking for a flyer. In fact, at least three possible trades could answer some of those roster questions as effectively as free agency, depending on how the dominoes - and prices - might fall: Nick Ahmed Of course, what comes after an agreement is Round 2 of what could go down as one of the best lightning-round winters of free agency in years.īut for all the attention free agency has gotten when it comes to the heavy lifting the Cubs have left to complete their 2022 roster, keep an eye on what might also be an active trade period for teams. We’ve heard almost enough labor chatter between MLB owners and the union this week to suggest a glint - albeit, if you squint - at the end of the lockout tunnel, if not an actual light.
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