Cubs acquire Jesse Chavez from Texas!

[r_mack]

[ScrubMD]

As long as it's not Alzolay, Lange, or Marquez, take your pick.

[Post Count Padder]

A useful cheap middle reliever who can start in an emergency. Sure.

[Regular Show]

As long as it's not Alzolay, Lange, or Marquez, take your pick.

 

It won't be a great prospect going back.

 

He's really not that impressive and has already thrown a ton of innings this year (56 1/3). Hope he's durable.

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[r_mack]

Goodbye sweet prince

[CoolHandLuke]

Don't like it.

[Regular Show]

Goodbye sweet prince

 

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If Steve Urkel ever became a pitcher amirite?

[Bertz]

I've liked Chavez since his Oakland days.

 

My assumption has been that we are going to get a front end reliever, probably Britton, and a 3rd tier starter (think Jake Odorizzi). Given Chavez's swingy-ness I wonder if he replaces the starter or if he's going to be one of three guys.

[Derwood]

4.32 FIP and 10 HR allowed in 56 IP.

 

Ehhhh

[bcl412]

I baseball dumb for NSBB but this probably just to add more pitching depth since there’s so many makeup’s in the second half?

[imb]

yeah this is a really good idea to get some dumb innings eater that can keep the actual relievers fresh for the playoffs

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Chavez has a 1.91 ERA on the road and has an ERA of 2.68 since the beginning of May.

 

Has a 3.75 xFIP and a 4.17 K/BB ratio

 

#randomstats

[Transmogrified Tiger]

This feels like ‘we need another Montgomery in the pen because some combination of Darvish being dead and Chatwood being better off dead means Montgomery isn’t going back to the pen anytime soon’.

[Post Count Padder]

This feels like ‘we need another Montgomery in the pen because some combination of Darvish being dead and Chatwood being better off dead means Montgomery isn’t going back to the pen anytime soon’.

Yeah and at the very least get some stability in the pen the next couple of weeks and then do something else on the 31st.

[ScrubMD]

Plus he doesn't have to face the Astros anymore. Going from Astros to Brewers as the best division rival probably cuts 2 runs off his ERA easy.

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[toonsterwu]

I was actually sorta intrigued by Thomas, but this is a move you make in a heartbeat. At best, Thomas is a pitch-ability left, with a likely ceiling as a 4/5 starter. A good scouting department should be able to find those guys, and we have plenty of guys with similar ceilings to Thomas.

 

This is a really excellent move to add a solid arm without giving up any big assets.

[Agony and Ivy]

It's clearly a precursor to a deGrom move you jerks

[Rob]

I'm a fan of the move. We didn't give up much of anything and we got a solid pen option or serviceable #5 starter, depending on our needs.

[Cubswin11]

Yeah this seems plenty fine. At worst he seems to add depth over the weekend/this long stretch vs the horsefeathers AAA shuttle and at best he really works out as a bullpen guy or spot starter.

[Andy]

Like this a lot. Getting him from Texas to Wrigley should help and like TT said, we could use another Montgomery.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Arrieta 2.0

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Seems like his stuff is playing fine out of the pen. Velocity is up from last year to where it was at his peak. His Contact% is way down. Hardly walking anyone. Homers are a big problem. But maybe they are trying to Dan Haren it and Cub Defense his way to them being solo homers.

 

Either way, he's Luke Farrell but more dependable. Probably a smart addition with the rotation as it is and Morrow's questionable health.

[cubsclapp]

Seems like his stuff is playing fine out of the pen. Velocity is up from last year to where it was at his peak. His Contact% is way down. Hardly walking anyone. Homers are a big problem. But maybe they are trying to Dan Haren it and Cub Defense his way to them being solo homers.

 

Either way, he's Luke Farrell but more dependable. Probably a smart addition with the rotation as it is and Morrow's questionable health.

 

The dong numbers are also much worse for him in the arcade Texas park this year (top home run park this year).

 

7 HR, .372 wOBA, .557 SLG in 28 IP at home.

 

3 HR, .262 wOBA, .330 SLG in 28 1/3 IP on the road.

 

Yeah we said the same with Chatwood blah blah blah. But maybe there’s something to this for Chavez. Whatever the case it’s fine depth that can perhaps be a swingman and he’s a better option on paper than the Luke Farrells.