11:39PM: The Cubs officially announced Martin’s selection and Horton’s move to the 60-day IL.
11:04AM: The Cubs will select the contract of right-hander Corbin Martin prior to today’s game with the Mets, The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney reports. Cade Horton (who underwent Tommy John surgery yesterday) will be moved to the 60-day injured list to open up a 40-man roster spot for Martin, and the Cubs already had an open spot on their active roster after Daniel Palencia was placed on the 15-day IL yesterday.
Horton and Palencia are two of a whopping 10 pitchers on Chicago’s injured list, leaving the Cubs scrambling for extra arms. The situation has given Martin a path back to the majors after the righty signed a minor league deal back in January.
Martin is himself no stranger to injuries, as he missed the entirety of the 2020 season due to a TJ surgery and all of 2023 recovering from a lat tendon surgery. In the wake of the latter procedure, Martin spent all of 2024 in the minors before making his return to the Show to post a 6.00 ERA over 18 innings with the Orioles last season.
Over parts of four MLB seasons, Martin has a 6.54 ERA, 20.7% strikeout rate, and 12.8% walk rate across 75 2/3 innings with the Astros, Diamondbacks, and Orioles. Since his lat surgery, Martin has worked almost exclusively as a relief pitcher, but the role change hasn’t helped alleviate the control problems that have plagued Martin for much of his career.
Martin is out of minor league options, so Chicago would have to designate the righty for assignment and expose him to waivers before trying to send him back down to Triple-A via an outright. Given how the Cubs are hurting for pitching, Martin probably won’t be DFA’ed any time soon if he can provide decent results and eat a few innings out of the pen.
Don’t know a thing about C. Montgomery Burns Martin but I really hope he succeeds..
We’re saved! Now that’s the kind of moves we all expected right?
Sensing your sarcasm uncle 😂
Who would you have liked to be selected? Keep in mind this pitcher is just up to eat innings during garbage time.
Kenny Powers
Andrew Chafin
Rod Beck (if he were still with us) He was the OG Sheriff
I was hoping for a case of Klobotsis this weekend. Stealing that from last thread on him.
Is this the guy who had a career ERA of like 17.90 or something they signed at the end of ST? Well it can’t go up. Can it?
That might be a different guy. Corbin Martin has a career ERA of 6.54 according to MLB aop
I don’t remember who it was I just remember somebody going Nice pick up I like this guy. And no it wasn’t me. LOL
Looks like Wicks is probably next in line.
He looked good today but I’m thinking more like Boyd comes back and Assad slides into the pen. Wicks has some more work to do but looked good today. That’s promising anyway.
Hey Unclemike….great news for you. Remember last week when Carlson got DFA and you were all for shipping out Ballesteros instead????
Well, your boy Carlson (ahead of Ballesteros) chose free agency and eventually signed a minor league deal…after no other takers….with the Cubs!!! Still hope pal…still hope.
That’s all well and good but all those deals have out clauses so if somebody comes calling he’s still gone. But like I also said I don’t really care about him one way or another because Alcantara should be #1 on the speed dial. He can stay he can go, Doesn’t really mean much.
Guy pitched 2 innings at Iowa, and they were like, “Yep, he’s ready, call him up.”
This is a BS move! I called Jed yesterday (me, a veteran RH with a decent change/knuckleball/curve mix) and told him I could be in Wrigleyville by noon today, and I was willing to sign for the minimum, plus a $50K signing bonus and unlimited post-game beers and deep-dish slices at any of the next door bars. Apparently that was too much since he shot me down.
Cheap owners are gonna kill not only this season, but my big-league dreams…SMH
Have you already had your mandatory Tommy John Surgery? Maybe that’s the sticking point in their thought process. You sound qualified but too healthy.
Yes, and for good measure I made sure to shred both obliques and acquire a crippling case of Psoriasis. Plus, I think I have a hangnail so…put me in!
That hangnail will get you 60 day injury listed. Maybe ripping your arm out of socket combing your hair. These are true baseball player injuries. You got what it takes so check your email for a contract and just use DocuSign to sign it.
What a great selection
I’d prefer JD France to Martin, but Martin can pitch either today or tomorrow to prove me wrong
How about Trevor Bauer?
Hey, there’s nobody out there available any good this early with the possible exception of giolito so don’t expect much!
Dansby Swanson has been with cubs 4 entire years and reason why he has no walk offs. Amazing but not exactly amazing because he’s no clutch whether attempting to squeeze or swing away with the expected k. Than god we have the dependable Nico!
Dansbyno clutch whether now or year from now. Please do not ever consider letting Nico go!!