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Cubs Claim Conor Mullee, Outright Three Players

By Jeff Todd | November 7, 2016 at 4:42pm CDT

The Cubs have claimed righty Conor Mullee off waivers from the Yankees, per announcements from the team. Chicago also selected the contract of righty Jose Rosario while outrighting three players: right-handers Dallas Beeler and Andury Acevedo as well as catcher Tim Federowicz.

Fresh off a World Series win, the Cubs will enter the winter in earnest with just 34 of its 40-man roster spots accounted for. That space allowed the team to take a flier on Mullee, who has had arm issues over the years and required elbow surgery in 2016.

Despite the injuries, and a less-than-inspiring (albeit brief) major league debut last year, Mullee has shown some intriguing numbers in the minors. Most recently, he ran up 37 2/3 Triple-A innings with a 1.19 ERA and 11.2 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9.

Chicago will presumably give Mullee a shot in camp along with the 26-year-old Rosario, who has yet to crack the bigs but has an intriguing power arm. Pitching at the three highest levels of the minors last year after missing 2015 due to Tommy John surgery, Rosario worked to a cumulative 2.50 ERA with 7.8 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9.

Otherwise, the 27-year-old Beeler lost his roster spot after shoulder injuries cut his season short. Acevedo, who was signed to the 40-man last winter, missed almost all the year with a torn ACL. And the 29-year-old Federowicz saw time briefly with the Cubs, but didn’t have much of a shot at the roster in 2017 with a deep group of catchers ahead of him. After showing well at Triple-A, though, he’ll surely get a crack somewhere in Spring Training.

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  1. Aaron Sapoznik

    9 years ago

    No surprises here. The Conor Mullee waiver claim had already been reported by the Cubs on November 2nd. Today’s transaction had him being reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and officially added to the 40-man reserve roster, along with 3 other injured Cubs, RHP Aaron Brooks, LHP Zac Rosscup, 3B Christian Villanueva.

    The three outrights were also no surprise and needed to make room for the disabled players on the reserve roster.

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  2. gmflores27

    9 years ago

    Where’s mullee’s ring lol

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