The Cubs announced they’ve selected outfielder Trayce Thompson to the big league roster. Jason Heyward is landing on the seven-day concussion injured list in a corresponding move. To open space on the 40-man roster, Chicago transferred outfielder Michael Hermosillo from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list.
Thompson is back in the big leagues for the first time in three years. The right-handed hitter broke in with the White Sox in 2015 and saw some MLB time in each of the following three seasons, with his biggest workload coming with the 2016 Dodgers. Thompson hit for a fair amount of power and can cover all three outfield spots, but his overall productivity was limited by swing-and-miss issues. In 589 big league plate appearances, he owns a .206/.276/.389 mark with 22 home runs but an alarming 28% strikeout rate.
He’s split the 2021 season between the Triple-A affiliates of the D-Backs and Cubs, spending most of the campaign with Chicago’s top farm team in Iowa. Thompson has popped 21 round trippers in 358 plate appearances there but continued to punch out quite a bit. He owns a .233/.344/.492 line with a 32.4% strikeout rate with Iowa this season.
Cubs win the trade.
Wow I hadn’t heard from him in awhile, no one had… you could say that he had vanished without a Trayce.
Is this the best the Cubs have to offer the fans in Wrigley with their minor leagues? Wow!!
Heyward, gone without a Trayce
Trayces of desperation for the Cubs
Wtfmate do you have any understanding of how the season works? Doesn’t sound like you do.
Seems I’ve been dog boned
Better than being boned by a dog!
Some folks have no understanding of irony, sarcasm, or humor
Bang bang
Wouldn’t this be a pun?
He is referring to the above comment… I think. Please correct me if I’m wrong curly
Spot on
“Trayces of desperation for the Cubs” I could be wrong but this is a pun.
“Trayce” is NOT another meaning of “trace”!
NO pun here.
Have a nice day
Move really makes no sense, except as a reward for agreeing to help the organization out, when they needed an OFer in Iowa.
Maybe somebody wanted Warriors tickets?
Dogbone, who would you have called up instead?
I would rather they took a look at Jared Young.
Dogbone don’t forget to wipe front to back, just like mommy taught you , u sis from the north side
Orgs do reward AAA vets. The Dodgers like to give their org players an AB or two before dropping them!
The Cubs did the same thing with Darnell McDonald before he retired to take a job in the front office. I won’t be surprised if Thompson does the same.
Best of luck to Thompson. Had a pretty decent year for the Dodgers a few years back.
Must be the year he had 0.7 WAR.
It was. Of course you’d have to have watched to know he made that comment. He was steady at about an .850 OPS from June 1-June 14 or so. Then he just stopped hitting and a few weeks later they announced whatever injury ended up shortening his season.
For that first part of the season he was playing like a 3 WAR guy and LA fans were excited because you expect year over year improvement too.
Whatever happened he looked horrible upon return and never looked good again including AAA time.
Still he seemed like a good guy as well so I always hoped he’d have some sort of career. Maybe he’ll get a big hit or something. That would be rewarding for his persistence over the years.
Play him from Jun 1 – Jun 14 and you’ll be set for life!
provides a solid .206 bat in the lineup.
Mendoza at least hit .215
Mendoza career WAR -2.8
Thompson career WAR +0.9
And Mendoza played (and therefore hurt his team) much more. Of course no one used WAR back in Mendozas day.
That’s cuz those stupid hippies who chanted: “WAR, Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”
Trayce looked like the real deal for half a season in LA, but he took a significant injury and never seemed to regain his form afterwards. Hope he can stick for a bit. Seems like a good guy too
Yawn
Hoyer sucks
Attention K-Mart shoppers!
K-Mart? More like Salvation Army…. I actually always liked Trace Thompson, but I can’t see him suddenly turning it around at 30 years old… but if you are the Cubs, giving him another shot doesn’t hurt
A 28% K-rate is hardly “alarming.” Striking out 38% of the time over 2017 and 2018, however? Now we’re talking.
One man’s treasure is everyone’s else’s recycling
BIGTIME dumpster diving
For every Tatis Jr., there are several Trayce Thompsons.
Sox made correct decision trading TT away years ago.
For every Gaylord Perry there are several Enrique Romos?
Didn’t they also trade away Frankie Montas with TT?
Yep, Montas to LAD.
Micah Johnson, too.
That’s a great signing said no one
If your minor league system is full of Rule 5 players that no one else wants…that should tell you something.
Oh how the might have fallen.