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Cubs Designate Ryan Kalish For Assignment

By charliewilmoth | May 14, 2016 at 10:08am CDT

The Cubs have designated lefty-hitting outfielder Ryan Kalish for assignment, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune tweets. The move clears space on the team’s active roster for catcher Miguel Montero, who’s returning from a back injury.

The 28-year-old Kalish made ten plate appearances for the Cubs this season. His last significant big-league experience came in 2014, also with the Cubs, when he batted .248/.295/.347 in 130 plate appearances. He did not play in 2015 after a minor-league pact with the Blue Jays fell apart. Kalish was once a top prospect in the Red Sox organization, but a series of injuries presented obstacles in his path to big-league success. He’s now played in parts of four big-league seasons, but has never appeared in two consecutive ones, also sitting out most of 2011 and all of 2013.

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  1. noonecarez

    5 years ago

    Angels should try signing him to a minor league contract.

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  2. thebare

    5 years ago

    Good ball player wrong team to much talent love it if Atlanta pick him up could be a big factor there

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    • tim815

      5 years ago

      I have an honest question for you or anyone else wanting Kalish.

      I don’t see the Cubs wanting $25 K for him. If run through waivers, more than one team would be interested. Soooooo….

      Kalish has very minor value. Whichever team you prefer, Braves or whoever, give me three 2015 third round draft picks for me to choose from. My stipulation is that they have to have some history of pro success. (Decent K/W in the SALLY League. Or whatever.)

      It’s illegal to trade for draft picks before the fact. It’s legal to trade them after the fact.

      Again, third day guys that have been at least adequate as pros. I’ll choose the guy I like best from the offers, and your team “gets” Kalish.

      (Yes, this is exactly how I would make a trade regarding Kalish or Federowicz in the next few weeks. I expect Theo Epstein will try to revisit his Tony Campana trade success.)

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      • ThatGuy

        5 years ago

        You could’ve just said PTBNL… And no, no one is going to trade the 2015 3rd round draft pick for the guy. My guess is cash considerations, waiver claims, or it’s completely possible

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        • ThatGuy

          5 years ago

          *its completely possible that no one wants him and he gets outrighted

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        • tim815

          5 years ago

          I said third *day* draft picks. 22nd Rounder? 17th? 32nd?

          Third DAY.

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        • tim815

          5 years ago

          It’s possible. But have you seen how lousy some of these teams are?

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        • benchguy1

          5 years ago

          Why would the Cubs want to trade him? He adds depth so they don’t need to rush younger players when faced with an injury situation. The fact that he may have minimal trade value and the Cubs may see more value in his current role than to just trade him for a low level minor league player that may never see the majors.

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        • jleve618

          5 years ago

          Maybe read your initial post before saying what you said.

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        • bsteady powers

          5 years ago

          You said 3rd round

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  3. gomerhodge71gomerhodge71

    5 years ago

    So much potential 7-8 years ago. Was expected to be something of a Nick Markakis clone.

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