Cubs sign Brian Matusz to minor league contract

[Rob]

I'm a little disappointed he was simply released. He's still pretty talented and I would've liked to see him stashed at AAA while they keep working with him.

[imb]

I'm a little disappointed he was simply released. He's still pretty talented and I would've liked to see him stashed at AAA while they keep working with him.

 

surely he had no options remaining at this point

[Banedon]

I'm a little disappointed he was simply released. He's still pretty talented and I would've liked to see him stashed at AAA while they keep working with him.

 

surely he had no options remaining at this point

 

And we don't know what his contract said. There was twitter buzz yesterday that they called him up because of contract obligations. It may have been a minimum number of starts by a certain date, or they'd release him. And I don't think anyone wanted to see another start from him.

[stitchface]

Just released. Thanks for sucking to make the win better in the end. Team guy.

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

 

:| and I have to see Lester again . . . he better not suck this time!

[Proven Veteran]

Just released. Thanks for sucking to make the win better in the end. Team guy.

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

[imb]

Just released. Thanks for sucking to make the win better in the end. Team guy.

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

 

nice, can you take a sign advertising tim's donation drive for nsbb or just wear this hat

 

http://i.imgur.com/rdD2Ugz.jpg

[badger]

Just released. Thanks for sucking to make the win better in the end. Team guy.

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

 

:| and I have to see Lester again . . . he better not suck this time!

 

Is there a place to see the projected rotation through the Cubs @ Rockies?

[soccer10k]

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

 

:| and I have to see Lester again . . . he better not suck this time!

 

Is there a place to see the projected rotation through the Cubs @ Rockies?

 

I just go to ESPN and extrapolate what they've got. That series looks like Hammel-Lackey-Lester.

[soccer10k]

Just released. Thanks for sucking to make the win better in the end. Team guy.

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

 

I went behind the A's dugout for both games, 11 rows up on Saturday and 22 on Sunday.

[Proven Veteran]

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

 

nice, can you take a sign advertising tim's donation drive for nsbb or just wear this hat

 

http://i.imgur.com/rdD2Ugz.jpg

If Nova Scotia Balloon Bingo wants my support, they're going to have to pay for it.

[Tim]

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

 

:| and I have to see Lester again . . . he better not suck this time!

 

Is there a place to see the projected rotation through the Cubs @ Rockies?

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/tools/cubs-schedule

 

That's how far out I have it going. That comes from what I scrape from MLB

[Proven Veteran]

 

And for allowing me to see Jake pitch on Saturday. He was the only starter I didn't see in Chicago last year.

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

 

I went behind the A's dugout for both games, 11 rows up on Saturday and 22 on Sunday.

I think I'm going on Friday also, on the third base side.

[wvcbxl]

I'm a little disappointed he was simply released. He's still pretty talented and I would've liked to see him stashed at AAA while they keep working with him.

 

surely he had no options remaining at this point

 

And we don't know what his contract said. There was twitter buzz yesterday that they called him up because of contract obligations. It may have been a minimum number of starts by a certain date, or they'd release him. And I don't think anyone wanted to see another start from him.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing him start for the opposing team. :wink:

[stitchface]

 

I'm going on Saturday as well. I went for premium seats behind home plate.

 

I went behind the A's dugout for both games, 11 rows up on Saturday and 22 on Sunday.

I think I'm going on Friday also, on the third base side.

 

 

I paid less for seats right behind the Cubs dugout than I did for upper deck at PacBell. I love the A's!

[Tracer Bullet]

I'm a little disappointed he was simply released. He's still pretty talented and I would've liked to see him stashed at AAA while they keep working with him.

 

surely he had no options remaining at this point

 

And we don't know what his contract said. There was twitter buzz yesterday that they called him up because of contract obligations. It may have been a minimum number of starts by a certain date, or they'd release him. And I don't think anyone wanted to see another start from him.

 

During the broadcast, espn said he had to be recalled by today or granted FA.

[Banedon]

[Aaron_Kennelly]

New market inefficiency: Call up pitchers and have them get completely shelled to the point that no other team in their right mind would want them, so you can pass them through waivers.

[Banedon]

I wonder if he'll be back for the doubleheader start.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Only if Theo feels the team needs the jolt of coming back from a significant early inning deficit.

[UMFan83]

I wonder if he'll be back for the doubleheader start.

 

I'd guess its Cahill, hasn't he been stretching out in Iowa?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I wonder if he'll be back for the doubleheader start.

 

It'll be Cahill or Montgomery but I have to imagine Rob Zastryzny has passed Matusz in the pecking order at this point.

[Clem Fandango]

I know we were all like "horsefeathers you matusz good riddance" but I'm genuinely glad he's still in the org after they reported they found a flaw in his mechanics. His contract situation is why he came up so abruptly and if he's gonna get fixed its gonna take more time than 5 or 6 minor league starts to do so. Edited August 8, 2016 by The Logan

[Banedon]

I know we were all like "[expletive] you matusz good rddance" but I'm genuinely glad he's still in the org after they reported they found a flaw in his mechanics. His contract situation is why he came up so abruptly and if he's gonna get fixed its gonna take more time than 5 or 6 minor league starts to do so.

 

I agree. Let him work on things in the minors the rest of the season, and lets see what he looks like in spring training.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Matusz is a free agent after the season. He obviously won't be in high demand, but it's hard to have a ton of optimism about him as a future contributor because it's extremely unlikely he'll be under team control for more than year.