The Cubs have designated right-hander Joel Peralta for assignment in order to clear a spot on the roster for the return of Adam Warren, per multiple reporters out of Chicago, including the Sun-Times’ Gordon Wittenmyer (Twitter link). The team still needs to make a move for the activation of infielder Tommy La Stella, and Wittenmyer tweets that David Ross is being evaluated for concussion symptoms after taking a foul ball off his mask yesterday.
Peralta, 40, inked a minor league deal with the Cubs after being designated for assignment and released by the Mariners earlier this season. He quickly found himself in Chicago’s big league bullpen, though his stay there proved to be brief. Peralta totaled just four innings with the Cubs, and though he posted a 5-to-1 K/BB ratio, he also served up a pair of homers and yielded a total of four earned runs out of manager Joe Maddon’s bullpen. Homers have been problem for Peralta all season long, and the result has been a 5.93 ERA in 27 1/3 innings between Chicago and Seattle.
I don’t really know why the Cubs called him up in the first place. His stats with Iowa before he was called up weren’t great.
They signed him to give him a shot with the big club. It didn’t work. With relievers, you can’t tell.
I wouldn’t be surprised if, once he clears waivers (He will.), he’s optioned back to Iowa. Then, JP can decline, and save the Cubs some cash.
Your going to see more of these type moves. They’re trying to spread innings so to not burn out own pen arms. At the same time, they hope to get lucky and catch lightening in a bottle. Joe wants his 5 main pen guys to have fresh arms come October
That’s a huge relief (no pun intended) that he is no longer an option out of the pen.
No clue why we signed him, he was brutal and done a long time ago.
Tell me, Carnac, how Joe Nathan will do. Since past numbers are totally solid at predicting future success.
OMG, Carnac — classic.
The answer is “a person impersonating a mlb reliever”
The question: Who is Joel Peralta?
Low risk, he was never going to be the answer to any bullpen question. Hes gone now, out of sight out of mind
Still better than Clayton Richard
Not better than Richard. Watch, Richard will rebound. , but he is not the answer. It was almost hard to watch Peralta. Felt bad for him. He only got the nod because of playing for Maddon in the past. Would’ve rather seen Rivero or Black tho