The Cubs have selected the contract of right-hander Trevor Megill, placed righty Rowan Wick on the 60-day injured list and optioned RHP Jason Adam, Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets.
Megill, 27, entered the professional ranks as a seventh-round pick of the Padres in 2015, but they lost him to the Cubs during the 2019 Rule 5 Draft. Thanks in part to the lack of a minor league season, the 6-foor-8 Megill didn’t pitch a year ago, though he did log solid production among High-A, Double-A and Triple-A in 2019. That year, Megill tossed 60 2/3 innings of 3.86 ERA ball and averaged 10 strikeouts against 1.9 walks per nine. Megill added a 4.32 ERA with 12 strikeouts and two walks in 8 1/3 innings this past spring.
Wick was one of the Cubs’ most effective relievers from 2019-20, during which he combined for a 2.66 ERA with a 25.7 percent strikeout rate, a 10.3 percent walk rate and a 48.1 percent groundball rate over 50 1/3 frames. An intercostal strain has prevented Wick from taking the mound this year.
He calls himself Lill, but everyone knows him as Nancy.
Very nice one.
Hah Rocky!
This is the spark we needed in the bullpen. Print the postseason tickets now !! (smh)
calm down
Megil is my friends husband. Cool to see him make it
The Chicago Padres castoffs
If he was a Rule 5 pick how did he pitch in the minors the year he was selected? I thought Rule 5 picks had to stay on the major league roster for an entire season for their rights to convey.
They have to be offered back to their former team. It’s possible they worked out a deal for cash or a prospect.