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Cubs Activate Joe Nathan, Option Adam Warren

By Connor Byrne | July 24, 2016 at 10:57am CDT

The Cubs have made a couple of notable changes to their bullpen, activating right-hander Joe Nathan from the disabled list and optioning fellow righty Adam Warren to Triple-A Iowa, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com was among those to report (Twitter link).

[RELATED: Updated Cubs Depth Chart]

Chicago signed Nathan, a 15-year major league veteran with 377 career saves, in May and placed him on the DL as he continued recovering from 2015 Tommy John surgery. Nathan then racked up 9 1/3 innings with the Cubs’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates prior to his activation. His last extensive action came in 2014 as a member of the Tigers, with whom he threw 58 innings and recorded a 4.81 ERA, 8.38 K/9, 4.5 BB/9 and 35 saves in 42 chances. Nathan was far more effective in previous seasons with the Giants, Twins and Rangers, which explains his stellar career numbers (2.89 ERA, 9.49 K/9 and 3.34 BB/9).

With closer Hector Rondon and primary setup man Pedro Strop in the fold, the Cubs won’t need the 41-year-old Nathan to be a late-game savior. But he will provide another option along with the newly acquired Mike Montgomery, Carl Edwards Jr., Travis Wood, Justin Grimm and Clayton Richard. The first-place Cubs – whose bullpen is middle of the pack in ERA (3.87, 15th) and K-BB perentage (14.3, 13th) – could further bolster their relief corps around the trade deadline, as they’re reportedly in the hunt for Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman.

As for Warren, whom the Cubs acquired from the Yankees for infielder Starlin Castro in the offseason, he certainly hasn’t lived up to expectations in Chicago. Before the Cubs demoted Warren, he pitched to a 5.91 ERA over 35 innings and walked nearly five batters per nine frames. From 2013-15 with the Yankees, he amassed terrific numbers (3.23 ERA, 7.65 K/9, 2.92 BB/9, 45.3 percent ground-ball rate) over a 287-inning sample size as both a starter and a reliever.

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Comments

  1. chesteraarthur

    6 years ago

    Hopefully he can figure something out. I liked him a lot from NY, but he’s been atrocious this year.

    Reply
  2. mike156

    6 years ago

    If the Cubs don’t want Warren, he could be part of a package for Chapman. He was solid with the Yankees, able to deal with the stresses.

    Reply
    • Priggs89

      6 years ago

      Maybe if he was a throw-in… They traded him for Starlin Castro, a player that nobody else wanted. Now he’s been significantly worse with the Cubs. He won’t add very much value at all to any package the Yankees will be looking for.

      Reply
      • rmullig2

        6 years ago

        He obviously would not be the main piece in the deal. Maybe the third piece unless they off Schwarber.

        Reply
        • chesteraarthur

          6 years ago

          Yes, teams are just dying to give up kyle schwarber’s for 2 months of chapman.

    • chesteraarthur

      6 years ago

      Unless they think he’s absolutely unfixable, there is no reason to sell low on him. They have enough other pieces to complete a deal without selling short on him.

      Reply
  3. KB

    6 years ago

    Wow. How is Richard not the low man on the totem pole in that pen? He HAS to be now. Hurry up Matusz, hahaha.

    Reply
    • theungreatone

      6 years ago

      I’ve been asking the same question for about 2 months now. I’m assuming the only reason he is still around is because other guys have options left and he doesn’t

      Reply
  4. swaskito

    6 years ago

    I hope the yankees can get him back with a lower price. Warren worked really well with rotschild

    Reply
  5. terrymesmer

    6 years ago

    Will Kevin Gregg be next?

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