Here are the day’s minor moves from around the league…
- Ike Davis has been outrighted to Triple-A, the Yankees announced. The first baseman was designated for assignment over the weekend after struggling in a brief stint in New York. It has been some time since Davis was an effective major league hitter, though he did hit a useful .268/.350/.437 in 163 plate appearances at the Triple-A level earlier this year with the Rangers organization.
- Cubs catcher Tim Federowicz has cleared outright waivers and been assigned to Triple-A, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune tweets. Federowicz, 28, only received 27 plate appearances with Chicago and didn’t do much with the bat. With Chicago moving to activate highly-regarded prospect Willson Contreras, and already possessing two receivers in Miguel Montero and David Ross, there was no room for Federowicz. Over 298 major league plate appearances in his career, he owns a .194/.245/.297 batting line.
- The Cubs will select the contract of right-hander Joel Peralta and option left-hander Gerardo Concepcion back to Triple-A Iowa, reports Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times (via Twitter). Peralta, 40, inked a minors pact with the Cubs last week after he was designated for assignment and released by the Mariners. The veteran struggled with Seattle this season, logging a 5.40 ERA in 23 1/3 innings despite excellent K/BB numbers. Peralta yielded an alarming seven homers in his 23 1/3 frames, but he also carried a 28-to-7 K/BB ratio in that time, and his 20 percent homer-to-flyball ratio with Seattle was double that of his career rate, suggesting that there’s some regression in store. Because the Cubs’ 40-man roster was at 39 prior to the move, a corresponding 40-man move isn’t necessary.
- The Red Sox announced that they’ve selected the contract of infielder Mike Miller from Triple-A Pawtucket and optioned right-hander William Cuevas in his place. Boston, like Chicago, had an open spot on its 40-man roster, so no corresponding move is necessary. The 26-year-old Miller was a ninth-round pick by Boston back in 2012. He’s never hit much in the minors, and that’s been especially true at the Triple-A level, where he owns a career .233/.284/.302 slash in 448 plate appearances. As the Providence Journal’s Brian MacPherson points out (Twitter link), though, he’s capable of spelling Xander Bogaerts at shortstop. Bogaerts has started 57 consecutive games, so Miller can be inserted into the lineup to give him a much-needed breather. The same is, of course, true of Deven Marrero, who is already on the 40-man roster, but he was just optioned back to Triple-A on Saturday and must spend 10 days in the minors before he’s eligible to be recalled (barring an injury on the big league roster).
The Cubs Achilles heel is rearing its ugly head!
The Cubs have all the attributes of a 2nd tier heavy weight boxer–a devasting hook, glass chin.
At least they will never have a major bellyflop like the White Sox have already done.
The Cubs have a weak spot. And guess what, they’ll address it correctly! Trust Theo and company to fix it instead of Kenny and Rick, who’d just throw any decent prospects they have left (Fulmer) at a guy who makes no sense!
Weren’t you guys like 20 and 6 out of the gate?
And if the Cubs are a second tier heavyweight, the pale hose are a sickly fly weight!
Oh ChiSoxCity … You are so jealous … So envious …. Of the mighty Cubs … So sad … To see all your south side hatred … So pathetic
What’s the Cubs’ Achilles heel? Winning 50 games before the halfway point of the season? What bums.
Only ignorant fools are talking about the Cubs recent “struggles” acting as if they are collapsing a la White Sox style. They are 10-10 in their last 20 games. They win tonight (Lester is looking to pitch a CG shutout) and they’ll be 15-11 this month. With one more game in this Cinci series and then a game against the Mets who have been struggling as well (9-11 in their last 20 games….. 11-13 for the month) the could easily close out June on a mini-4 game winning streak and finish June 17-11. If 17-11 is the Cubs’ “bad” month….. I’ll take it. Again, you want to see a collapse, look no further than the White Sox. Started 23-10 this year. Currently a mediocre 38-38…… or a 15-28 record since their hot start. 13 games UNDER .500 over a stretch of games is considered a collapse. Being .500 over their last 20 games and still over .500 for the month….. HARDLY a collapse. Cubs are currently 14-11 in June (looking to be 15-11). EVEN if they blow tonight’s game, lose to Cinci tomorrow AND lose to the Mets on Thursday……. they’d STILL be 14-14 for the month. While not nearly as good as they have been, not exactly a horrendous month. Pretty sure the White Sox would kill for a .500 month right now, hahaha. They’re 10-13 this month. Lucky for them they have 3 games agains the Twins to close out the month, but I doubt they can win all 3.
Boston needs to focus on pitching…. Get some young arms in here…. You don’t need over aged players with big contracts
You think Xander Bogaerts is in need of a breather after starting 57 straight games? You must have thought Cal Ripken needed a two month hibernation after his 2600+ straight games starting.
That was before the time of boras as an agent and him whining about everything possibly conceivable with regards to “his” players. Who knows, maybe Boras wants to take bogey out on a dinner date tomorrow and plot arbitration strategy during the next game boston plays instead? boras sticks his nose into every other team’s affairs.
Xander is 23
That just means he has even more energy.
Did you not watch the Texas series? He made two silly errors. Not everyone can play like ripkin…….
Dombrowski was seen with a phone in each ear during tonight’s game. There is some kind of sellers market heating up.
Or he could have been on the phone with wife and side chick.
Best comment here. And I’m a Red Sox fan!
Just another white sox fan that their team is underachieving yet again.
Teheran won’t come cheap…
As a Braves fan, I sure hope you are right. He has such a team friendly contract that it would be a shame if they did not get a something close to the Shelby Miller deal. Although, I doubt the Braves could pull in another haul like that one.
But, as predicted by yours truly, the Diamondbacks got the MAJOR raw end of the Miller deal. People with any sense saw that a mile away. Teheran has an equally shaky past. But, he is cheap, so to speak, for the next 3 years with a club option on the 4th year. That said, Inciarte is playing like a bum, and Aaron Blair has been laughably bad so far….. but he’s young. You still have Dansby Swanson but he’s been mediocre since he came over and playing for the Braves system (hitting like .250 I believe with a mediocre OBP). Still, at the time you got an above average fielding ML outfielder who was coming off a SOLID offensive year. He’s also only 25 years old. Then you got a promising young pitcher in Blair, who had solid minor league numbers and was near ML ready. THEN you got one of the top prospects in the game in Swanson. All for Gabe Speier and Shelby Miller. A minor league reliever and a SP who had a seemingly luckily low ERA considering his peripheral stats. Teheran has an eerily similar past to Miller. And with his 2.46 ERA but a 3.70 FIP one has to assume he can’t be on a much better path than Miller. If I were the Braves, yeah, I’d be selling sky high on him ASAP. But as an outsider looking in. If my team needed pitching I would pass on him. Or at least offer up what I think/know what he’s worth. Hint: nowhere NEAR what the Braves got for Miller.
Sad day. I was pulling for ole Ike