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Cubs To Release Phil Coke

By Steve Adams | May 26, 2015 at 8:30pm CDT

The Cubs have placed Phil Coke on release waivers, tweets SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo. Coke will become a free agent on Thursday afternoon once he clears waivers, and six clubs have reached out to Coke’s camp, according to Cotillo. Coke had been designated for assignment back on May 19.

The 32-year-old Coke signed a minor league contract with the Cubs this offseason and earned a guaranteed $2.25MM salary when he made the club’s roster. However, Coke’s tenure with the Cubs didn’t produce fruitful results, as he yielded seven runs on 14 hits and three walks (two intentional) in 10 innings with nine strikeouts. The resulting 6.30 ERA was hardly appealing, though FIP (3.54), xFIP (2.94) and SIERA (2.63) all showed more optimism regarding his small sample of work.

Coke’s velocity still checked in at a healthy 93 mph, and his 63.6 percent ground-ball rate was certainly a positive factor as well. Prior to his deal with the Cubs, Coke was most prominently connected to the Rangers, though there were also rumors linking him to the Royals and Marlins, among other clubs. Given the amount of teams consistently looking to add bullpen depth throughout the course of the season, Coke’s live arm will likely draw interest on the free agent market.

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  1. Peter_Gammons 2

    10 years ago

    Please don’t be the A’s…. Please don’t be the A’s….

    Reply
    • Jizz Chasholm

      10 years ago

      Please don’t be the Jays…. Please don’t be the Jays….

      Reply
      • Aoe3

        10 years ago

        Sign him to a minor league deal, see if he can turn it around. I believe he still has a respectful amount of upside… Maybe our training staff can fix Coke, or he can turn it around playing for the team of the north!

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        • tesseract

          10 years ago

          Look at this guy’s career numbers then you’ll realize you wouldn’t want any part of him.

          Reply
        • stymeedone

          10 years ago

          The only thing that would make Coke look better north of the border, is if you listed his ERA in metric.

          Reply
    • scann

      10 years ago

      Please don’t be the Yank’s…. Please don’t be the Yank’s….

      Reply
    • norah

      10 years ago

      Please don’t be the Mariners…I know Rodney needs to be replaced but Coke is not the answer.

      Reply
      • Aoe3

        10 years ago

        Rodney, his stupid “archer arrow into sky” move after he wins a game
        is annoying. I remember a couple years ago Longoria and the Rays won and he imitated it, angering Rodney. Was pretty funny, but can never find a video of it =(

        I have a feeling Rodney’s lack of command is
        related to the extremely short step he takes towards the plate… He’s
        getting older now and can’t really blow a ball past someone, he’s better off focusing on command.

        Reply
        • Paul 15

          10 years ago

          Speaking of quirks, the one that irritates me the most is Johnny Gomes and his hitting helmet.

          Reply
  2. Will Jl.

    10 years ago

    Could this mean the Cubs are in the middle of working out a trade for a bullpen piece or Soriano signing…….

    Reply
    • Carew

      10 years ago

      Probably not

      Reply
      • Shaungbd

        10 years ago

        And you would know how…..?

        Reply
  3. Shaungbd

    10 years ago

    Please don’t be the Cubs…. O wait….

    Reply
  4. Daniel Morairity

    10 years ago

    I could see the rangers landing coke and claudio hasn’t done a superb job as that lefty specialist so they might send him down to triple A soon and sign coke on Thursday I would think. You put coke and Sam freeman in the bullpen for the rangers whoa thats cool

    Reply
  5. NickGarren

    10 years ago

    good luck he’s an arsonist..

    Reply
  6. Robert Given

    10 years ago

    Well along with Coke they should get rid of Rosscup he smells. He reminds me of another Marmol!!

    Reply
  7. Darryl Bassett

    10 years ago

    Be the Braves, can’t be any worse than some of retreads we’re using now.Like Donnie Veal

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