Luke Little?

[Banedon]

Just now, mul21 said:

I'm a little baffled at the time and resources spent on getting him built up to 5 innings and then sending him packing after calling him up for 1 IP.  Just weird.

Maybe it was the best bad option?  Hoping they can keep him still?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

22 minutes ago, mul21 said:

I'm a little baffled at the time and resources spent on getting him built up to 5 innings and then sending him packing after calling him up for 1 IP.  Just weird.

I mean the Iowa rotation is not exactly stuffed to the gills with quality, they keep using Stephen Gonsalves as an opener for lack of better options.  But still a little bit odd that there seemed to be momentum for Greene, he got the call up, and then...that.  Maybe Hottovy vetoed him or something once he got to Chicago.

[Jason Ross]

I'd guess the Cubs were never overly excited about Greene in AAA; they're pretty good at identifying reclamation arms and they let him go pretty fast.  He had decent results, but he gave up a pretty decent amount of base runners against AAA competition. There just isn't much there. Probably also have to fancy their chances he doesn't get claimed. Contending teams are pretty full on their 40-man rosters like the Cubs, and bad teams probably don't care much for a 34-year-old in the twilights of his career. He's a decent fall back option, but I'm not sad to see him only get the single inning.

Edited September 6, 2023 by 1908_Cubs

[The_Achiever]

Palencia and Little looked absolutely wicked yesterday.  The bullpen has looked like it needed a boost and these guys look capable of providing that and then some.  

[CubUgly]

On 9/6/2023 at 12:55 PM, mul21 said:

I'm a little baffled at the time and resources spent on getting him built up to 5 innings and then sending him packing after calling him up for 1 IP.  Just weird.

I'm thinking they weren 't sure how good Wicks was gonna be.