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Cubs Sign Manny Parra To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | February 22, 2016 at 5:55pm CDT

6:36pm: Parra will receive $520K plus a potential $1.28M in bonuses if he makes the Majors, Jon Heyman tweets.

9:08am: The Cubs announced that they’ve signed left-handed reliever Manny Parra to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training (Twitter link via the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Gonzales). Parra is represented by CAA.

Last year, the 33-year-old Parra logged a 3.90 ERA with 6.4 K/9, 1.7 BB/9 and a 45.9 percent ground-ball rate in 32 1/3 innings for the division-rival Reds. That marked his third straight season with Cincinnati  after five years with the Brewers, so by signing with the Cubs, he’ll continue on in the only division he’s known (at least for the next few weeks).

Milwaukee tried Parra out as a starting pitcher for much of his time in the organization, but he’s struggled to a 5.44 ERA out of the rotation in his career (74 starts) as compared to a 4.01 ERA coming out of the bullpen. Right-handed batters have given Parra plenty of trouble in his big league career, hitting him at a .290/.370/.440 clip, whereas lefties have posted a .254/.330/.391 batting line. Those career marks against lefties are somewhat misleading, however, as Parra has excelled against southpaws since being removed from the rotation. Over the course of his three years in Cincinnati, Parra faced 249 left-handed batters and held them to a paltry .222/.285/.333 slash.

The Cubs already have a number of left-handed relief options in camp, including Clayton Richard, Travis Wood and Rex Brothers — all of whom are on the 40-man roster. Beyond that trio, lefties Jack Leathersich and Edgar Olmos are in camp as non-roster invitees. Suffice it to say, Parra faces significant competition and perhaps an uphill battle as he seeks to make the roster.

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  1. tim815

    7 years ago

    Triple-A Iowa might have a better bullpen than some recent Chicago Cubs teams have had. Another nice signing.

    Reply
  2. bradleybaseball

    7 years ago

    It’s difficult for me to understand why a veteran reliever with a reasonably useful track record in the majors would sign a minor league deal with a team with so many obvious alternatives for southpaws in the pen. Surely there must have been other organizations with a clearer path to a major league job that would take a flier on a guy like this, especially being a lefty.

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    • Jason G

      7 years ago

      I have to imagine he and his agent have been working on that all offseason. Now that spring training has started, instead of sitting at home, he’ll at least be in someone’s camp.

      Reply
    • ronnsnow

      7 years ago

      Alot of times, these contracts have opt outs if they don’t make the 25 man roster. But even if that’s true, at least they were able to participate in a Major League camp so other teams could get a look at him. Sitting at home gets you nowhere.

      Reply
    • tim815

      7 years ago

      Not arguing. Must have thought the Cubs would get him in shape as well as any. I wouldn’t rule out an opt-out date somewhere.

      Reply
    • djtommyaces

      7 years ago

      If you have confidence in yourself and believe in your pitching ability you go out and win that final spot.

      Reply
  3. soxcess1

    7 years ago

    It would be nice if the Cubs had a true power reliever among their collection of southpaws who wasn’t also as wild as a March hare like Rex Brothers, Jack Leathersich and the articles forgotten man…Zac Rosscup.

    Reply
  4. Larry

    7 years ago

    He’s got a nice FIP vs. ERA value when with the Reds.. Maybe this works out.

    Reply
    • thecoffinnail

      7 years ago

      FIP is a stat best left to starters.

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