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Cubs Designate Shane Greene For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | September 6, 2023 at 11:35am CDT

The Cubs have announced to reporters, including Bruce Levine of 670 The Score, that right-hander Shane Greene has been designated for assignment. His roster spot will go to left-hander Luke Little, who was reported earlier to be coming up.

It’s a quick turnaround for Greene, 34, who was just selected to the roster a week ago. He pitched one scoreless inning on Sunday but will now relinquish his roster spot to Little as the club looks to strengthen its left-handed relief corps.

Prior to coming up to the big leagues, Greene was stretched out in the minors, an interesting development since he has primarily been a reliever for most of his big league career. He tossed 16 2/3 innings over five Triple-A starts, going as long as five innings in his penultimate outing there. He had a 2.21 earned run average in those, striking out 27.9% of hitters while walking 10.5%.

The Cubs will place him on waivers in the coming days. He’s made 344 career appearances at the major league level, with inconsistent results. He finished three separate seasons with an ERA at 2.67 or below but saw that shoot up to 7.23 in 2021. He was only able to make two appearances last year and one so far this year. He’ll see if any club is willing to give him a roster spot in the coming days, though he won’t be postseason eligible for that club since it’s after the September 1 cutoff.

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  1. jawinks

    2 years ago

    Did he even pitch once lol? Way to see what you have I guess

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    • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

      2 years ago

      Yeah. He Pitched on Sunday in a 15-8 win

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  2. Unclemike1525

    2 years ago

    That’s a surprise.

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    • mike127

      2 years ago

      Uncle—it’s not like anybody other than the White Sox will claim him. In that case he only has to catch a bus to get where he is going.

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      • Unclemike1525

        2 years ago

        If he accepts and goes back to Iowa he’s still post season eligible which might influence his decision. Can’t imagine how bad the wheels would have to come off for him to get a start in the Playoffs but he wouldn’t be eligible with anyone else.

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        • CityofChampions

          2 years ago

          At this point he’ll probably accept the assignment to get another paycheck since the season is about done.

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        • Dogbone

          2 years ago

          Off topic fella’s – but is it only me, or does anyone else think Ross is managing like it’s the 1970’s? He got a 7 run lead in the 6th and the only player taken out of the lineup is Wisdom? And I don’t see any reason Wisdom was in there, in the first place.
          And with a lead like this I’d have removed Wicks after 5 or 6 innings. With the stretched out arms they carry in the pen – they can afford to ride the starters a little less – get them fresh for the playoffs.

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        • mike127

          2 years ago

          Dogbone—-sort of with you but Wicks was still at 77 or 78 pitches after the 6th. No problem with him starting the 7th. Still no off day until next Thursday, a stretch of 14 games in 13 days. You never know what you are going to need tomorrow.

          In the pregame Bruce Levine said Alzolay “definitely has a little something” although he did say that Adbert was available but to watch if Meryweather would needed to be called upon in the 7th inning or so.

          Nice to see Little get the ninth and also nice to see that Alexander Canario is an actual human being, strikeout aside.

          Ross has kind of given a couple guys a day off and even used Belli, Seiya in the DH spot to get them off their feet a little.

          And it’s always a plus when Wisdom is in the lineup and the Cubs get a win.

          And to your last point—-can’t get the pitchers fresh until they get in the playoffs. This is NOT the time to take things for granted.

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        • Larry D.

          2 years ago

          Perhaps stayed with the hot hand until it wasn’t. Would have been a hard loss to take (Brewers already lost) if the bullpen would have collapsed in the late innings.

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        • Spotswood

          2 years ago

          At some point you need to just sit back and enjoy a win. The nitpicking is endless at this point. Maybe you would do something differently, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.

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      • Unclemike1525

        2 years ago

        mike127- If the Sox claim him and he’s smart he’ll decline the penalty. LOL

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  3. suntv

    2 years ago

    his replacement is a Little Greene

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  4. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    2 years ago

    Amazing

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  5. Rob Schumann

    2 years ago

    Greene was the best pitcher in baseball his first couple of weeks in Detroit. The Yankees were looking foolish for giving him up for the player Didi was thought to be at the time. Then Greene came back down to earth and Didi became an All-Star. No better game than baseball. Who was the player that went to Arizona in that deal? I can’t seem to remember.

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    • not alkaline

      2 years ago

      Rob I believe it was robbie ray

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    • not alkaline

      2 years ago

      I never know if my responses will post. It always says unexpected response from server then maybe posts. Rob Shumann I believe Detroit gave up Rob Ray.

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  6. Wheeler Dealer

    2 years ago

    I hope the Cubs are going to keep him around seems like a good dude

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  7. Dumpster Divin Theo

    2 years ago

    It’s a shame about Shane

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