Coghlan up, La Stella optioned

[Banedon]

[davell]

ARF.

[Sammy Sofa]

Ew, Coghlan.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Poor Tommy did everything he was supposed to. See you in a few weeks, pal.

[shnsajax]

Meh, when are we going to trade him back to Oakland for Reddick?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

do not like

[muntjack]

WTF is this?

[illiniguy]

How does Coghlan help us more than La Stella? This move doesn't make any sense to me, someone smarter than me please tell me why this is ok.

[jersey cubs fan]

How does Coghlan help us more than La Stella? This move doesn't make any sense to me, someone smarter than me please tell me why this is ok.

calling up coghlan and optioning lastella allows the team to keep both lastella and coghlan, while not calling up coghlan means they'd have to release him after his DL stint (a healthy vet can't be stashed for very long)

 

 

I have to believe it is short-term.

[UMFan83]

How does Coghlan help us more than La Stella? This move doesn't make any sense to me, someone smarter than me please tell me why this is ok.

 

I'm sure Maddon or the FO will be asked about this pre-game.

[illiniguy]

How does Coghlan help us more than La Stella? This move doesn't make any sense to me, someone smarter than me please tell me why this is ok.

calling up coghlan and optioning lastella allows the team to keep both lastella and coghlan, while not calling up coghlan means they'd have to release him after his DL stint (a healthy vet can't be stashed for very long)

 

 

I have to believe it is short-term.

I see that, but La Stella being a lot better helps us win more games now. Just DFA Coghlan. He's scrap heap material.

[Cubswin11]

I guess I don't mind it, LaStella will be back soon and likely on the playoff roster. Give Coghlan an audition to see if he can regain what he did last year. If he sucks he's gone. Plus it seems like Bryant hasn't been playing much OF lately and with how well Baez is playing the IF is crowded giving LaStella little room for playing time. Edited July 29, 2016 by Cubswin11

[jersey cubs fan]

How does Coghlan help us more than La Stella? This move doesn't make any sense to me, someone smarter than me please tell me why this is ok.

calling up coghlan and optioning lastella allows the team to keep both lastella and coghlan, while not calling up coghlan means they'd have to release him after his DL stint (a healthy vet can't be stashed for very long)

 

 

I have to believe it is short-term.

I see that, but La Stella being a lot better helps us win more games now. Just DFA Coghlan. He's scrap heap material.

I'd probably prefer that one as well but GMs like to wait until the last minute before they make decisions that cannot be undone.

[Schwarber Fan]

Joe loves Coghlan. I also think he's more useful than TLS. I wonder what the Soler move will be.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

this move makes no sense to me because LaStella is a better player in every aspect.

[davell]

Soler will just get optioned.

[UMFan83]

 

I found video of the moment Joe told him:

 

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[UMFan83]

But seriously, usually the answers to those questions are something like: "Obviously he's a little disappointed but he took it as well as can be expected given the circumstances"

 

"not well" means he was pissed off.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

I found video of the moment Joe told him:

 

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[Cubswin11]

Would LaStella for Reddick be a fair trade?

[illiniguy]

But seriously, usually the answers to those questions are something like: "Obviously he's a little disappointed but he took it as well as can be expected given the circumstances"

 

"not well" means he was pissed off.

Well after missing almost all of last year, he's probably pretty angry he's getting sent down so Joe can have his Neifi back. He's clearly out performed several guys on this roster.

[davell]

Would LaStella for Reddick be a fair trade?

 

Billy may value a guy like him fairly decently. But my guess is most teams would prefer some upside low level arm types to him.

[shnsajax]

Would LaStella for Reddick be a fair trade?

 

LaStella and Coghlan for good measure.

[treebird]

somebody better check on jesse rogers, don't know how he's going to live without 3am around

[Banedon]

somebody better check on jesse rogers, don't know how he's going to live without 3am around