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Cubs Select Adrian Sampson, Designate Eric Stout For Assignment

By TC Zencka | June 16, 2022 at 11:39am CDT

The Cubs have selected the contract for Adrian Sampson, bringing the right-hander back to the active roster. To create roster space, the Cubs designated Eric Stout for assignment, per Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago (via Twitter).

Sampson knows what it’s like to be DFA’ed, having been designated himself already by the Cubs this year after tossing just one inning and yielding two unearned runs. The Cubs lost him on waivers to the Mariners, who designated and released him before he appeared in a game. The Cubs then re-signed Sampson and put him in Triple-A. He now returns to the Cubs active roster, where a slew of injuries to their starting rotation has left them short-handed.

The Cubs are amid a nine-game losing streak and looking for anyone who might be able to record more innings pitched than runs allowed, which they have been unable to find during this unfortunate slide. Sampson made five starts and five relief appearances for the Cubs just last season, posting a 2.80 ERA/3.14 FIP over 35 1/3 innings.

Stout, 29, was only just added to the active roster two days ago when Sean Newcomb was designated for assignment. Stout made two appearances, tossing 3 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six.

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  1. Mookie Mantle

    12 months ago

    Is it just me or has Sampson been DFAd by half the teams in the league at this point?

    Reply
  2. DarkSide830

    12 months ago

    Sampson is a human boomerang

    Reply
  3. rememberthecoop

    12 months ago

    Garbage in, Garbage out.

    Reply
  4. Jimbob 57

    12 months ago

    Daniel Norris has got to go , what in the hell is Jed doing . If some team claims Stout after he only gets 2 appearances which I might say were a whole lot better than anything Norris has done. Norris is worthless no other team would want anything to do with him . The Cubs only paid him 1.75 mil ,realease him he cannot get anyone out.

    Reply
    • mike127

      12 months ago

      Jimbob—I’m with you on that…..for all the grief they deservedly get on the Heyward contract, I can not understand that they have so much money to give away on guys like Norris and Villar and Simmons and Smyly (Miley, if he wasn’t damaged goods was probably an OK move) and Frazier and Vargas and Hermasillo and Newcomb and Chavez and Leiter Jr. You don’t need to be an armchair observer to understand that $4M for Simmons was a waste of money. Add all that up that I just listed (and it could go deeper) and it’s a joke. You don’t want to bring up kids that aren’t ready—but a 60 win (clear the throat) team with cringeworthy guys like this is not easy to watch.

      Reply
  5. Dumpster Divin Theo

    12 months ago

    Stout is a pale excuse for what ails the Cubs. You could say Stout = Pale Ail.

    Reply
    • DonnyElementary

      12 months ago

      At least the guy who created the meme was funny 10% of the time.

      Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        12 months ago

        10%. That would put me 45% off the hit rate of Javy Baez. Yikes. Better step it up lest I get Kelenic’d.

        Reply
        • Dumpster Divin Theo

          12 months ago

          And if that happens, it’s a fall from grace, relegated to being a Minor Lager.

    • rondon

      12 months ago

      And as usual, that’s a pale excuse for a comment.

      Reply
  6. Dumpster Divin Theo

    12 months ago

    Sampson is a solid move. A strong piece Jed can build the foundation for the temple of the new Cubs dynasty. Not too many more of these David vs Goliath matches against the big bullies of Milwaukee and Saint Louie. No more robbing Peter to pay Paul.

    Reply
    • DonnyElementary

      12 months ago

      Says the fan of the team that can’t beat those big bullies from Cleveland and Minnesota.

      Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        12 months ago

        True, but at least our Lions are guaranteed a bowl game on Turkey day.

        Reply
        • Dumpster Divin Theo

          12 months ago

          On a related note, Scott Boras said “Let my People Go!!” And after locusts, hail, and a parade of horribles- my little buddy Jed did just that, freeing Bryzzo-Schwarez to find seasonal work in the promised land. A kumbaya ending to the work that I created.

  7. rememberthecoop

    12 months ago

    At this rate, I’ll be warming up in the bullpen for this garbage dump of a team.

    Reply
  8. msqboxer

    12 months ago

    Think the Cubs have a https://us.megabus.com/ contract between Des Moines and Chicago?

    Reply
    • DonnyElementary

      12 months ago

      Maybe if Jerry didn’t have to spring for airfare back and forth from Charlotte, then the Sox could pay for a decent second baseman.

      Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      12 months ago

      Do you think they make them sit on the top level of the double decker? That would be cool. Especially top front. Nothing like being able to see oncoming traffic headed your way

      Reply
  9. Wowwwwww

    12 months ago

    How is Norris on the roster. He must have some dirt in jed

    Reply
  10. Dr. Chim Richalds

    12 months ago

    Jason Heyward’s line:

    .211/.283./.294
    (OPS-.577) 1 HR 9 RBI

    Good for a -0.3 WAR

    6 extra base hits in 109 ABs.

    12.5 out in the division. 12 out of a wild card spot. The money is spent. Why is he still wearing a Cubs uniform??????

    Also, Jason Heyward’s career playoff line:

    40 games. 128 ABs.
    .156/.217/.250 (OPS of .467)
    2 HRs 7 RBI 36K/7BB

    7 extra base hits in 128 ABs.

    In the playoffs in 2016 when the Cubs won the Series he went 5-48 with 13K and 1 BB, good for a .307 OPS. 0 HR. 1 RBI .140 OBP

    Worst contract in team history, and it’s not close. I’m kinda over being nice about the guy. Who cares how great of a guy he is, he’s not a professional baseball player anymore. He’s a so so RF that swings the stick worse than a pitcher.

    Reply
    • Lloyd Emerson

      12 months ago

      That’s why they should move Jason Heyward into the starting rotation or the bullpen. He can’t be any worse than Daniel Norris and it gets his bat out of the lineup.

      Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      12 months ago

      But but but speech!

      Reply
  11. formerdraftpick

    12 months ago

    Brewers will claim Stout.

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      12 months ago

      I see what you did there.

      Reply
  12. mindseye15

    12 months ago

    This is all part of Jed’s grand plan! Throw a bunch of crap against the wall and hope something sticks. In all actuality, he’s angling toward a top 5…maybe the top overall pick. The Cubs have the 5th worst record in baseball and only trail Oakland by 3 games for worst record in the league. Combine that with the upcoming sell off at the trade deadline and hopefully next year they will put a quality product on the field.

    Reply
    • DonnyElementary

      12 months ago

      Unfortunately, it looks like only Robertson from the offseason acquisitions will bring back anything of value so far. A lot of them will probably just get cash considerations. Oh well, another month until the All Star break and the then the fun of another dismantling begins. Contreras will be gone. I wonder if they will double down and dangle Happ and Hendricks as well.

      Reply
      • Dunk Dunkington

        12 months ago

        there is no reason to not move Happ at the deadline at least, he comes with one more year of team control and not part of the future and having a really productive season. The Cubs should cash in on that.

        With Hendricks, I don’t know how strong the interest will be for him, but he is a proven winner and he deserves to go to a contender and I would not bet it revives him a bit too, since he always seemed to step up when you need him the most.

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        • Dumpster Divin Theo

          12 months ago

          No don’t move Happ. Still have some dinner dollars to redeem for some of that tasty Java. Jum!

  13. realsox

    12 months ago

    The Tribune ran a piece on Stout a couple of days ago about how thrilled he was to get the call—and to his boyhood favorite team, no less. To DFA him two days later just seems unnecessarily cruel to me. I hope he gets another shot with some other team

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      12 months ago

      Stouts great at first pour but after a couple of days gets kind of rancy. Kind of like that MacCarthur Park that Donna Summer was fond of…someone left the cake out in the rain, oh noo!

      Reply
  14. unclemike1525

    12 months ago

    A lot of teams are doing the same thing. It’s the annual purge of the Minor League players who are considered too old to be legitimate prospects anymore especially since they put limits on how many times a guy can be called up. Used to be you could call a guy up and send him back down unlimited times and it only counted as one move. So now you have this, the new annual bloodletting before the draft and International FA signings. Out with the old, in with the new. It’s just curious to me the way they play the game now with starters going 3 innings, and bullpens tasked to max to the point where position players pitch more than relievers that they chose NOW to put limits on it. Hmmmmmmm

    Reply
  15. Jack Buckley

    12 months ago

    I’m friends with Eric’s dad, pitching in Independent Ball last year to the Majors is a great accomplishment, good for him, Cubs are a mess

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