Cubs To Choose Vince Velasquez

The Cubs will choose the contract of righty Vince Velasquez from Triple-A Iowa at present, per Taylor McGregor of Marquee Sports. Chicago additionally plans to carry reliever Tyler Ferguson up from Des Moines to function the twenty seventh man for at present’s twin invoice towards the Mets.

Velasquez will take the energetic roster spot of righty Edward Cabrera, who’s happening the 15-day injured checklist attributable to a hamstring pressure (as introduced by skipper Craig Counsell final evening). The Cubs nonetheless have to make a 40-man roster transfer.

It’s the second massive league stint of the season for Velasquez. The 34-year-old tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings in a mop-up look towards the Dodgers on April 25. That marked Velasquez’s first massive league look in three seasons. After a couple of years holding a rotation spot in Philadelphia, Velasquez has bounced round as a journeyman. He spent a pair days on Cleveland’s MLB roster final yr with out getting right into a sport and completed the season in Korea with the Lotte Giants.

Velasquez has began six of 10 appearances with Iowa. He has a 6.15 earned run common, negating a robust 26% strikeout fee by strolling greater than 16% of batters confronted. The outcomes haven’t been nice, however he’s working 3-4 inning stints and hasn’t pitched in 5 days. If both sport of the doubleheader will get out of hand, he may eat a couple of innings.

It’s doable this might be a one-day stint on the roster. Matthew Boyd will come again from the injured checklist tomorrow to start out the finale of the four-game set. Velasquez has adequate service time to say no a minor league project and would should be designated for project to be pushed off the MLB roster.

Mentioning a contemporary arm appears more likely to value another person their 40-man spot. Transferring both Jameson Taillon or Daniel Palencia to the 60-day injured checklist would rule them out into August. The Cubs have a handful of relievers on optionally available project (Gavin Hollowell, Antoine Kelly, Eduarniel Nuñez, Christian Roa, Yosver Zulueta) who occupy 40-man spots.