The Cubs announced that they have signed left-hander Génesis Cabrera, a move that had been previously reported. In a corresponding move, right-hander Brooks Kriske has been designated for assignment.
Kriske, 31, was only just added to the roster less than a week ago. He made one appearance, tossing two scoreless innings against the Reds on Saturday. Unfortunately, the club decided to take a chance on Cabrera, which got Kriske bumped off the roster. He’ll head into DFA limbo for a week at most. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so the Cubs could potentially take five days to gauge trade interest.
The righty signed a minor league deal with the Cubs in the offseason. Before getting called up, he tossed 18 2/3 innings over 13 Triple-A appearances, allowing 3.38 earned runs per nine. His 10.3% walk rate was a bit high but he had a huge strikeout rate of 35.9%.
That’s generally been his style in the minors. Dating back to the start of 2021, he has thrown 135 2/3 Triple-A innings with a 3.91 ERA, 35.6% strikeout rate and 12.9% walk rate. Despite those big strikeout numbers on the farm, he hasn’t been given a lot of major league opportunities. Adding in this year’s appearance, he now has 23 2/3 major league innings under his belt with a 10.27 ERA. That’s a small sample size and most of the earned runs were allowed back in 2020 and 2021. He spent 2022 and part of 2023 in Japan, where he had a 2.31 ERA in 35 innings.
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You guys should put a disclaimer for Yankees fans any time that name is mentioned
Wasnt he the two-way player from the 90s?
You are thinking of Brooks Kieschnick
Hope they aren’t “throwing it all away” by giving Cabrera a shot.
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I have never understood fans who ridicule the POBO for trying to make the team better. I like moves like getting Cabrera. Not every move is signing Ohtani. We’ll see how this one works out.
As we say in the theater: “There are no small transactions, just small fans.”
Brooks is a hard 31 years. Looks at least mid-40s.
As Hoyer’s biggest critic it’s not a bad shot. If they can teach him to throw strikes like they have Palencia and Lttle it could be a legitimate find. Cubs have a few guys with Closer stuff but that job is more mental than physical. Palencia failed his first time out but has rebounded nicely. The whole Lefty balance in the pen doesn’t mean much anymore. Since you have to face 3 guys anyway you need guys who can get 3 outs against both sides of the plate. I’ll give Hoyer credit where it’s due. It’s worth a shot as his cieling is way higher than Kriske’s and Ricketts will get some more gardener money probably.
Maeda got lit up like the Christmas Tree downtown and now has a 24.30 ERA now for Iowa. Don’t think that ones going to work out. Cubs offense is good but……………9 runs in the 1st is tough to overcome.
He gets to go home and visit his family, gets about $4500/game he was with the big club, and then will probably go back to Iowa and wait for the next time they need a disposable mop-up man for a few days.
Not a horrible life.