Atkins, Berg & Marcos Mateo added to the 40-man

[Bear Cub]

According to Ariz. Phil at TCR the Cubs have added Mitch Atkins, Justin Berg, and Marcos Mateo to the Major Lge roster.

[Guest]

I figured Spears was a lock and Veal a near lock. Wow.

 

I'm sure Berg's outing last night was the final deciding factor in getting him rostered: 0.2 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HR. Either that or his 9.88 ERA in the VWL.

[UMFan83]

Veal will probably get scooped up in the Rule V draft won't he?

[Little Slide Rooter]

So Veal can be taken as a Rule 5 then? Theres a pretty good chance he will. Hes a lefty, and was a pretty big prospect a few years back. Hes essentially a spring training invitee to any team interested, and if it doesnt work, back to Tennessee he goes.

 

Never even heard of Marcus Mateo.

[mdwilla]

Cubs can still trade a guy like Veal before the rule 5 right? Hendry gonna make a deal soon and more than likely it a 3-1 type clearing some roster space.

[SouthSideRyan]

Justin Berg sucks.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I really don't understand Veal not being rostered, especially considering Berg was rostered.

[Guest]

Yeah, I think Veal will get picked. He still has good stuff, his control is just really bad. Oddly enough, Justin Berg has horrible control too.

[RedFlash]

I really don't understand Veal not being rostered, especially considering Berg was rostered.

 

My only guess would be is that the Cubs are planning to trade Veal long before the Rule V (or 5, whichever it is) draft.

[SouthSideRyan]

I really don't understand Veal not being rostered, especially considering Berg was rostered.

 

My only guess would be is that the Cubs are planning to trade Veal long before the Rule V (or 5, whichever it is) draft.

 

Then the other team would have to roster him or risk losing a guy they just acquired. The only way this would affect Veal being traded is that if he's traded before the draft, he'll be included as a PTBNL based on whether he gets taken or not.

[RedFlash]

I really don't understand Veal not being rostered, especially considering Berg was rostered.

 

My only guess would be is that the Cubs are planning to trade Veal long before the Rule V (or 5, whichever it is) draft.

 

Then the other team would have to roster him or risk losing a guy they just acquired. The only way this would affect Veal being traded is that if he's traded before the draft, he'll be included as a PTBNL based on whether he gets taken or not.

 

The other reason for not rostering Veal is this: the Cubs do not view Veal as a future major leaguer and they don't value him as much as they once did.

[JeffH]

Does anyone else think that the selection of these players may have involved a hat full of slips of paper with names written on them?

 

Or maybe a dart board.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Im kind of baffled as to why Marsuc Mateo was added. He looks OK enough I guess, but why him and not Veal?

 

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Marcos%

[otis89]

Justin Berg. The Cubs got him from the Yankees for Matt Lawton, right?

[Guest]

Justin Berg. The Cubs got him from the Yankees for Matt Lawton, right?

Yes.

[cubsfan26]

Mateo passed Jose Ceda by, allowing the Cubs to trade Ceda for Gregg

 

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/983

 

 

This is from Bruce Miles Blog, I didn't think Mateo was that highly thought of.

[Guest]

Mateo passed Jose Ceda by, allowing the Cubs to trade Ceda for Gregg

 

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/983

 

 

This is from Bruce Miles Blog, I didn't think Mateo was that highly thought of.

 

He has good stuff but he shouldn't be thought of that highly.